Heredity Practice Test

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What is heredity?

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Heredity is the transfer of traits from one generation to the next.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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What organism did Gregor Mendel primarily use for his heredity experiments?

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Gregor Mendel primarily used pea plants for his experiments.

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What is incomplete dominance?

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Incomplete dominance is a form of inheritance where the phenotype of a heterozygote is intermediate between the phenotypes of the two homozygotes.

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What is co-dominance?

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Co-dominance occurs when both alleles of a gene are fully expressed in the phenotype.

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What are alleles?

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Alleles are alternative forms of a gene that determine specific traits.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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What is a homozygous genotype?

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A homozygous genotype has two identical alleles for a trait.

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What is a heterozygous genotype?

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A heterozygous genotype has two different alleles for a trait.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

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What is the phenotype?

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The phenotype is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism.

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What is the genotype?

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The genotype is the genetic constitution of an organism, represented by the alleles it possesses.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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What is a Punnett square?

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A Punnett square is a diagram used to predict the outcome of a genetic cross.