Nervous System and Inheritance

What is the main function of the brain?

• Digest food and absorb nutrients

• Regulate body temperature

• Pump blood throughout the body

• Control and coordinate bodily activities, interpret sensory information, enable thinking, learning, and memory

Who is known as the father of genetics?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

• Marie Curie

What term refers to the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• heredity

• transference

• inheritance

• genetics

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What term describes the physical characteristics of an organism?

• phenotype

• allele

• heredity

• genotype

What are the different forms of a gene called?

• alleles

• mutations

• chromosomes

• genotypes

Which type of trait will always be expressed if present in the genotype?

• Co-dominant traits

• Dominant traits

• Incomplete dominant traits

• Recessive traits

Which type of trait will only be expressed if the dominant allele is not present?

• Primary

• Recessive

• Expressive

• Dominant

What term describes having two identical alleles for a particular gene?

• Monohybrid

• Diploid

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

What term describes having two different alleles for a particular gene?

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• monohybrid

• dihybrid

How many chromosomes are inherited from each parent?

• 25

• 24

• 23

• 22

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