Lesson 6.03 Patterns of Inheritance

A tool used to track inherited traits through

generations is called a __________.

• Punnett square

• Pedigree chart

• genotype

A tool used to predict the genotype and phenotype

probabilities of possible offspring is called a _____________.

• genotype

• Punnett square

• Pedigree chart

Who was the scientist who studied inheritance by conducted

experiments with garden pea plants in the 1860s?

• Robert Bunsen

• Benjamin Franklin

• Gregor Mendel

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

________ alleles are the bossy ones, they always win.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Alleles

_____ alleles only show up if you have two copies of them.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Alleles

How many dominant alleles need to be

present for the offspring to have the dominant trait?

• one

• two

• zero

How many recessive alleles need to be

present for the offspring to have the recessive trait?

• one

• two

• zero

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If both inherited alleles are dominant, ex. RR,

what would we call this genotype?

• homozygous dominant

• herterozygous

• homozygous recessive

If one inherited allele is dominant and one is recessive, ex. Rr,

what would we call this genotype?

• homozygous dominant

• herterozygous

• homozygous recessive

A tall pea plant (TT) is crossbred with a short pea plant (tt).

Which genotype would be the correct match for offspring #1?

• TT

• Tt

• tt