Heredity Practice

What is the study of heredity called?

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Genetics

• Physics

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What is heredity?

• The study of cells

• The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• The study of ecosystems

• The process of photosynthesis

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Where are traits held?

• In the nucleus

• In the cell membrane

• In genes

• In the mitochondria

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Genes are composed of what?

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Sections of DNA

• Carbohydrates

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Where are chromosomes located?

• In the cytoplasm

• In the nucleus

• In the cell wall

• In the ribosomes

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Offspring that are identical to parents are produced how?

• Sexually

• Asexually

• Through mutation

• Through genetic engineering

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Offspring that are diverse and different from parents are produced how?

• Asexually

• Through cloning

• Sexually

• Through mitosis

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Molecules that contain the genetic code that is unique to every individual. 

• Inherited Trait

• DNA

• Heredity

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is the term used to describe a gene that is expressed over another gene?

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Incomplete dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Traits that are passed from parents to offspring.

• Inherited Traits

• Gene

• DNA

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