Unit 4: Inheritance of Traits Vocabulary Practice Quiz

What is the complete set of genes or genetic material in a cell or organism?

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• Genome

• Proteins

What is structure made of DNA that contains the genetic information in the form of genes needed to carry out certain functions?

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• Genome

• Proteins

What are segments of DNA that code for protein or functional RNA?

• Genes

• Traits

• Allele

• Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What are distinct characteristic of an organism, which may or may not be inheritable.

• Genes

• Traits

• Allele

• Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the likelihood of something happening?

• Inheritance

• Phenotype

• Genetic Variation

• Probability

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

What is the variety of gene combinations that exist within a population?

• Inheritance

• Phenotype

• Genetic Variation

• Probability

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What is the genetic transfer of characteristics from generation to generation?

• Dominant Allele

• Inheritance

• Allele

• Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the property of an allele that causes the allele to always be expressed always, even if there is only one copy present?

• Dominant Allele

• Inheritance

• Allele

• Mutation

What are biomolecules made up of one or more amino acids polymers joined together by peptide bonds and then folded into a complex structure that performs a specific function?

• Genotype

• Proteins

• DNA

• Genes

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the term for a change in the DNA sequence that affects genetic information?

• Genotype

• Mutation

• Allele

• Protein

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2