Basics in Genetics

David and his mother are both good dancers. Which characteristic did David MOST likely inherit from his mother? 

• Rhythm
• Sense of style
• Long legs
• Perfect shoes

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A trait is....

• a quality that makes one person different from another
• the information that determines what color your eyes are
• the passing of characteristics from parents to offspring
• something you carry a glass of water on

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Which is an acquired trait?

• Large nose
• Speaking Spanish
• Blonde hair
• Height

The passing of characteristics from parents to offspring is called....

• babies
• offspring
• genetics
• heredity

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What is the name for the study of how characteristics of living things are controlled by genes?

• geneatricology
• pediatrics
• genetics
• biology

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Hereditary information is transmitted from parents to offspring through....

• genes
• cell division
• metamorphosis
• germination

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A trait that can not be passed on genetically is called.....

• eye color
• dancing
• inherited trait
• acquired trait

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the letters that represent the different forms of a gene

• Genetics
• Chomosome
• Alleles
• DNA

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the physical appearance of a trait (Ex. Dimples, no dimples)

• phenotype
• genotype
• homozygous
• heterozygous

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the trait that is hidden

• dominant
• heredity
• gene
• recessive

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