Heredity

This means Same Gene

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Characteristics that are passed from parents to their offspring are called 

• behaviors

• learned traits

• inherited traits

• functions

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of these is an inherited trait?

• a person's height

• where a person lives

• a person's ability to write

• a person learning a new language

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Tallness in plants

• inherited

• acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior

• learned trait

• inherited trait

• function

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

• eye color

• tongue rolling

• height

• speaking a language

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair

• crying a lot

• ability to jump high

• his ability to talk

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT...

• long hair

• blue eyes

• long eyelashes

• small dimples

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

All of the following area likenesses that are inherited from parent to offspring EXCEPT:

• table manners

• eye color

• shape of nose

• freckles

Which trait do children most likely inherit from their parents? 

• shape of earlobes

• musical ability 

• personality

• language

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2