Heredity

Heredity is

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• the passing of money to parents

• genes

• alleles affect inheritance

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a dominant allele is

• a hidden gene

• traits always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

• the number that describes how likely an event is to occur

• selective breeding

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recessive allele

• hidden when dominant is present

• dominant allele

• always present

• GG

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genotype

• an organisms genetic makeup or combination of alleles

• genes expression

• phenotype

• heterozygous

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phenotype

• an organisms genetic makeup

• the organisms physical appearance or visible traits

• genotype

• purebred

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Which of the following do your genes affect?

answer choices

• if you like swimming more than hiking

• how your body grows and looks

• your ability to ride a bike

• which color is your favorite color

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What do we call new plants that are related to their parents?

• Teenager

• Germination

• Offspring

• Family

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If a parent cactus has spines, the offspring will have  ______

• fruit
• spines
• leaves
• petals 

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Which of the following is an inherited trait of a plant?

• Number of leaves

• Broken stem

• Color of flower

• Wilted flowers

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GG

• Homozygous Dominant

• Heterozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous Recessive

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