Genes and Heredity

Heredity is the passage of what from parent to offspring?

• genetic material

• oxygen

• digestive enzymes

• connective tissue

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Genes is described as...

• the release of energy

• unit of heredity

• waste produced by cells

• collection of adaptation

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Heredity defines the passage of genetic material from...

• parent to child

• sibling to sibling

• mate to mate

• predator to prey

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Heredity is...

• passage of genetic material from one generation to the next

• movement of nutrients

• new blood cells

• removes waste

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Which of the following explains the genetic material in the offspring?

• the offspring has genetic material 50% mom and 50% dad

• the offspring has genetic material 100% mom and 100% dad

• the offspring has genetic material 0% mom and 100% dad

• the offspring has genetic material 100% mom and 0% dad

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Bianca has blue eyes like her father. Where is the trait found?

• genes within chromosomes in nucleus

• chromosomes within genes in cytoplasm

• nucleus within a gene in the chromosome

• cytoplasm within a chromosome

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The hereditary information in animal and plants cells is located on the chromosomes, which the cells store in the --

• vacuoles

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• ribosomes

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On what structures are genes located?

• chromosomes

• lysosomes

• ribosomes

• golgi bodies

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Genetic material is primarily responsible for-

• removing waste

• governing inherited traits

• create new enzymes

• digestion

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3 cousins have similar appearance but different face shapes. Which of these cell components are most involved in determining the basic shape of each girls face?

• genes, chromosomes, and nucleus

• cytoplasm, chloroplast, and genes

• vacuoles, nucleus, and chromosomes

• chromosomes, chloroplasts and vacuoles

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