Heredity and Genetic Traits

Which piece of genetic information looks like a long twisted/coiled ladder?

• Chromosome

• DNA

• ATP

• Nucleus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which genotype is homozygous recessive?

• Bb

• BB

• bb

• brown eyes

Which of the following traits is encoded in your DNA?

• Your personality

• Your likes and dislikes

• Your intelligence

• Your eye color

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following statements is true?

• Your set of DNA is the same as your siblings'

• Your set of DNA is the same as your mother's

• Your set of DNA is the same as your father's

• Your set of DNA is unique to you

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior

• learned trait

• inherited trait

• function

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait

• aggressive trait

• absent trait

• dominant trait

Dominant genes are represented by a ________

• Male gene

• lowercase letter

• recessive trait

• capital letter

When the two alleles of a gene are different

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Phenotype

• Genotype

The brown eye trait is dominant over blue eyes. Which of the following genotypes best represents the phenotype for blue eyes?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• bB

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In the Punnett square, what belongs in the missing square?

• tt

• Tt

• TT

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1