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Worksheets11.1 Intro to Heredity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________
a)
predators to prey
b)
water to rain
c)
parents to offspring
d)
fungi to protists
2.
___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.
a)
dominant traits
b)
ratio
c)
phenotype
d)
genetics
3.
One trait that overrides other traits is the ___________
a)
recessive trait
b)
aggressive trait
c)
absent trait
d)
dominant trait
4.
Offspring receives two sets of _____________ (one from each parent)
a)
blue jeans
b)
genes
c)
machines
d)
pedigree
5.
What would you call this genotype? :::: Dd
a)
Heterozygous
b)
Homozygous dominant
c)
Homozygous recessive
d)
i don't know
6.
one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color
a)
allele
b)
jean
c)
trait
d)
DNA
7.
What is a name for the cells that have only one copy of each gene and that will be used in fertilization?
a)
Gametes
b)
Somatic Cells
c)
Body cells
8.
What possible combinations could result from a TT plant and a Tt heterozygous plant?
a)
TT or tt
b)
TT, Tt, or tt
c)
TT or Tt
d)
Tt only
9.
What a trait actually looks like is the
a)
Phenotype
b)
Genotype
c)
Karyotype
10.
The actual genes of an organism's traits is the
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Karyotype
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