Intro DNA Inheritance

________ is the part of a cell in which chromosomes are found.

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________ means that passing on of genes from parents to their offspring.

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What is the basic unit of heredity?

• gene

• chromosomes

• DNA

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

Where do offspring get their genes?

• Half from their mom, half from their dad

• From their mom

• From their dad

• From their brains

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What did the theory of natural selection state?

• There is still no such thing as natural selection.

• applies to all physical phenomena in the absence of gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature

• the individuals that are nest adapted to their environment are the ones that are most likely to pass on their features to the next generation

• Gravity is arbitrary and that affects the natural selection of people for certain occupations in which their is realiance for the whole society to function.

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How many chromosomes are there in most of your body's cells?

• 23
• 46
• 12
• 48

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Why did the pepper moths in England turn brown from pale in 1900?

• Because the darker ones were more attractive to moths, so they reproduced more

• Because the white ones couldn't camouflage on people's clothes

• Because of the pollution during the industrial revolution. The pollution cause the pale lichens on trees to die of and turned the bark brown. The pale moths could not hid from predators on the dark bark.

• There is no reason for that to happen.

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What is a key (genetics)?

• Something to open a lock

• Something that tells us which object something is

• A method of identifying a unknown organism

• The key to life

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett square represents what probability of an offspring's genotype?

• 25%

• 1%

• 10%

• 0%

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