6th Grade Genetics Practice

Passing traits from parents to their offspring

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Punnett square

• Monohybrid cross

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The study of heredity is called

• Science

• DNA

• Dominant

• Genetics

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These are diagrams used by scientists to determine a particular trait.

• Punting footballs

• Punnett squares

• Punnett circles

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The study of traits passed on to offspring from their parents is called__________________.

• Genetics
• DNA
• Traitology
• Characterization

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Where inside a cell is all genetic material stored?

• The Brain
• The Mitochondria
• The Vesicles
• The Nucleus

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What do we call the little pieces of DNA that determine what traits each of us inherit from our parents?

• Genes
• Molecules
• Atoms
• Jeans

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You can inherit eye color from your dog

• true

• false

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You can inherit personality from your parents.

• true

• false

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You can inherit hair color from your dad.

• true

• false

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You cannot inherit skin color from your mom.

• true

• false

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