Cells and Genes

A human body cell has a total of how many chromosomes.

• 23
• 46
• 98.6

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Genes are....

• Segments of DNA that carry the instructions for the traits of an organism from parents to offspring
• Located on chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell
• The basic units of heredity
• All of these

How many chromosomes to you get from each one of your parents?

• 46
• 23
• none

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next?

• Genetics

• DNA

• Heredity

• Nucleus

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What is a segment of DNA found on a chromosome; determines the inheritance of a particular trait?

• Gene

• Allele

• Heredity

• DNA

Inherited physical characteristics are called:

• genes

• DNA

• traits

• heredity

Small sections of DNA that control the traits of an organism

• genes

• DNA

• traits

• heredity

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To _____________ is to receive something from someone.

• inherit

• steal

• hair color

• Mendel

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A trait that is always seen or expressed

• allele

• dominant genes

• genetics

• recessive gene

A trait that is hidden

• allele

• dominant genes

• genetics

• recessive gene