Heredity Vocabulary
Authored by Jerri Fike
Science
6th - 8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor are called a _________.
heredity
generation
variation
inheritance
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The specific way a feature is expressed in an individual organism; for example, blue and green eyes are these for eye color are called _________.
heredity
traits
variation
inheritance
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The passing on of genetic traits from parents to offspring is called __________.
heredity
generation
variation
inheritance
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The range of expression of a trait within a population is called ____________.
genes
generation
variation
inheritance
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A gene composed of two different alleles (a dominant and recessive) is called ___________.
homozygous
generation
variation
heterozygous
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A gene composed of two identical alleles is called __________.
homozygous
generation
variation
heterozygous
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Variations of genes that determine traits in organisms; the two corresponding of these on paired chromosomes constitute a gene is called ______.
allele
traits
genome
genetics
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
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