Heredity and Genetics (5th grade)

What are personal characteristics called that have been passed on to offspring from parents, such as dimples or eye color?

• recessive traits
• genetics
• inherited traits
• gene

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What is the study of heredity called?

• Genes
• Genetics
• Unique
• Inherited traits

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What is a set of instructions for an inherited trait?

• Genes
• Jeans
• Genetics
• Genesis

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What type of trait is more common?

• Parental trait
• Inherited trait
• Recessive
• Dominant

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Inherited traits can include cleft chin, freckles and color blindness.

• True
• False

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Which characteristic is NOT inherited?

• Hairline (straight or widow's peak)
• Spoken language (English, Spanish, etc...)
• Earlobes (attached or detached)
• Hair type (straight or curly)

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If one parent has blue eyes and one parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have blue eyes. 

• True
• False

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What tool can you use to help figure out the probability of a trait being dominant or recessive?

• Four Square
• Punnett Square
• Puzzle Square
• Circle Square

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A genetic trait in which two copies are needed for that trait to be expressed.

• dominant

• recessive

• allele

• gene

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Gregor Mendel is often called _____________________.

• the father of genetics

• the father of DNA

• the king of peas

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