Test 8 - Heredity

Which human characteristics are inherited (acquired)?

• Brown eyes, short hair, dimples.

• Tongue rolling, short hair, dimples.

• Brown eyes, tongue rolling, dimples.

• Brown eye, tongue rolling, short hair.

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What is the order in which genes are found, from largest to smallest?

• Nucleus, DNA, Chromosomes, Genes

• Genes, DNA, Nucleus, Chromosomes

• DNA, Genes, Nucleu, Chromosomes

• Nucleus, Chromosomes, DNA, Genes

Heredity is

• the passing of characteristics from parents to offspring

• hormones that are produced in the body

• skills that are learned

• passed to offspring through bacteria

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The science of heredity

• heredity
• genetics
• trait
• gene

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This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• dominant allele

• codominant allele

• recessive allele

A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• Mendel Cross

• Cross Chart

• Probability Table

• Punnett Square

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)

• isozygous

• genozygous

• homozygous

• heterozygous

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (purebred)

• isozygous

• genozygous

• homozygous

• heterozygous

What you see, the physical appearance or behavior of a trait.

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Homotype

• Heterotype

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous
• DNA

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