7.14c

Heredity is the passage of what from parent to offspring?

• genetic material

• oxygen

• digestive enzymes

• connective tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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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Which best explains why producers are at the beginning of all food chains?

• They turn dead animals into nutrients

• They provide shelter for smaller animals

• The transfer energy from the sun into food

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A drought has hit this grassland biome. How will this effect the rabbit population?

• The rabbits will increase in number.

• The rabbit population will stay the same.

• The rabbit population will decrease.

• The rabbit population will become extinct immediately.

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A single piece of coiled DNA found in the cells; contains genes that encode traits.

• gene

• chromosome

• trait

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

• protein

• trait

• DNA

• gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Complex molecule that carries genetic information that defines an organism's traits. It is stored in the nucleus.

• DNA

• protein

• RNA

• glucose nucleic acid (GNA)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

DNA organized in a cell? 

• on the cell wall

• on the cell membrane

• on chromosomes 

• on the chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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Chromosomes – 

• Look like small circles

• Are also called genes

• Stores the nutrients the cell needs

• Carry coiled genetic information about the organism’s traits 

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the primary function of the mitochondria in a cell?

• Energy production

• Protein synthesis

• Photosynthesis

• Cell division

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