5.6 Heredity and Genes

The traits of an organism are passed to its offspring on small coded strands of DNA material called

• meiosis
• recessive traits
• genes
• heredity

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T - tall and t = short
In the Punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

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B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the Punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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An organism's physical appearance or visible traits...

• genotype
• inherit
• gene
• phenotype

True/False: The passing of traits from one parent to offspring is heredity.

• False
• True

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True/False: The color of an organism could be one of the deciding factor to ensure the species lives or dies out.

• True
• False

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HOMOZYGOUS means:

• same
• different

HETEROZYGOUS means:

• same
• different

Traits that show up more often

• dominant
• recessive

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Most living things have pairs of chromosomes. Where do they get them?

• one from each sibling
• one from each parent
• from chromosomes
• one from each animal

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