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Understanding Genetic Inheritance and Traits

Authored by Monique Bolt

Science

7th Grade

NGSS covered

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Understanding Genetic Inheritance and Traits
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the basic unit of heredity that determines a specific trait?

Chromosome

Gene

Nucleotide

Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes the physical appearance of an organism as a result of its genotype?

Genotype

Phenotype

Allele

DNA

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a version of a gene that can be dominant or recessive?

Chromosome

Allele

Nucleotide

RNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a molecule that carries genetic information in cells?

RNA

DNA

Ribosome

Nucleotide

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the process called when DNA makes a copy of itself?

Transcription

Translation

Replication

Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it?

Recessive

Dominant

Codominance

Incomplete dominance

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a change in the DNA sequence?

Mutation

Replication

Transcription

Translation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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