Genetics and Inheritance Concepts

What are characteristics like your height and nose shape called when they are passed down from your parents?

• Habits

• Traits

• Skills

• Preferences

What did Gregor Mendel discover about genes?

• Individuals carry two genes for each trait but pass down only one.

• One gene is always stronger than the other.

• Genes can blend together to make new traits.

• Both A and B.

If a purebred black rabbit (FF) mates with a purebred white rabbit (ff), and black is the dominant trait, what color will all of their first offspring be?

• White

• Black

• Gray

• Mixed black and white

If two hybrid black rabbits (Ff) mate, what is the chance that one of their offspring will be white?

• 1 out of 4

• 2 out of 4

• 3 out of 4

• All of them