Heredity and Variation

Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always

• Recessive

• Inherited

• Dominant

• Heterozygous

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The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as

• Alleles

• Ancestry

• Heredity

• Variation

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The genes of an organism that are written with capital or lowercase letters

• Pant size

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Genotype

• Gretchentype

If a gene is always expressed or always shown with a capital letter it is

• Bossy

• Recessive

• Yelling

• Dominant

If a certain trait has two different alleles (one dominant and one recessive) it is called __________________

• Homozygous

• Confused

• Differentiated

• Heterozygous

This variation of a gene can only be expressed if it is received from both parents

• Shy

• Heterozygous

• Variation

• Recessive

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Different versions of the same gene are called

• Jeans

• Editions

• Varieties

• Alleles

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Chromosomes are

• Found in the mitochondria

• Made of 20 pairs

• Long strands of DNA that contain many genes

• Bundles of DNA that contain only one gene each

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In science, mutations are

• The reason the X-Men exist

• Genetically engineered creatures that you fight in the Hunger Games

• A change in the DNA of an organism that produces new traits

• Always helpful for survival

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True or false: Mutations only harm chances of survival:

• True

• False

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