Heredity Vocab Practice

Match the following

• ZZ

• Homozygous Dominant

• tt

• Homozygous Recessive

• Aa

• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Categorize the following

Groups:

(a) Phenotypes

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(b) Genotypes

• Tall

• bb

• physical expression

• genetic makeup

• Tt

• appearance

• the "look" of an organism

• collection of Alleles

• RR

• genes

• Red Hair

• Blue eyes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• 2 traits show equally

• Codominance

• One trait shows if 2 alleles are present

• Dominant

• One trait shows if one allele is present

• Recessive

• 2 traits blend to show mixed trait

• Incomplete Dominance

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Emily has brown hair. Which is most likely a true statement about Emily?

• Emily’s favorite color is brown.
• Emily has a parent with brown hair.
• Emily’s older brother has brown hair. 

Which statement best supports why many offspring look similar to their parents?

• Offspring inherit characteristics from one parent.
• Offspring inherit characteristics from both parents.
• Parents choose which characteristics to pass on to their offspring.
• Parents choose to change their appearance to match that of their offspring.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

T - tall and t = short

In the Punnett square, what belongs in the missing square?

• tt

• Tt

• TT

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive

• dominant

• both

G = green, g = yellow

The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG

• Gg

• gg

• all of the choices result in yellow

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following alleles is purebred recessive?

• Tt

• tt

• TT