Heredity

George has blonde hair. This is an example of an ________

• Acquired trait

• Inherited trait

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If a child has red hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

• ratio

• trait

• probability

• ability

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In what way will a puppy always be like its parents?

• Be the same color

• Learn the same things

• Have the same body structures

• Live in the same places

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What is NOT an inherited trait of humans?

• Favorite type of music

• Freckles

• Hair color

• Height

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What is the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors?

• Inherited trait are something you get from your sister and learned behaviors come from experience.

• Inherited traits are something you get from your parents and learned traits are things like eye color.

• Inherited traits are something you get from your parents such as hair type and learned behaviors are something you learn to do with practice or past event.

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Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• fungi to protists

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___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits

• ratio

• phenotype

• genetics

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Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants in order to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?

• Pea plants grow quickly

• Pea plants are ultraviolet

• Pea plants are rare and expensive

• Pea plants are take years to grow

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid

• Genetic Tic Tac Toe

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree Plot

The genes of an organism

• Mesotype

• Phenotype

• Teletype

• Genotype

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