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Genetic Variations

Authored by Michelle Wiltshire

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Genetic Variations
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is known as

Heredity

Genetics

Hybrid

Probability

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Austrian monk whose experiments earned him the title of "Father of Genetics?"

John Locke

Issac Newton

Gregor Mendel

Albert Einstein

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics

Gene

Genetics

Meiosis

Hybrid

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a phenotype?

The genetic make up (code)

The physical trait

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present

Hidden allele

Dominant allele

Recessive allele

Present allele

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What does heterozygous mean?

An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)

An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)

When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both

The different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of genotype?

The physical expression of a trait

The genetic combination of alleles

The genes on a DNA strand

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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