Inheritance

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called....

• Luck

• Heredity

• Allele

• Gene

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Which is NOT an example of a genotype?

• YY

• Yy

• Y

• yy

The genotype AA is...

• homozygous

• heterozygous

The genotype cc is...

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Which of the following best describes inheritance?

• The acquisition of physical traits from the environment

• The process by which traits are passed from parents to their offspring

• The mutation of genes in an individual's lifetime

• The variation of species over millions of years

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Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always

• Recessive

• Inherited

• Dominant

• Heterozygous

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What is the significance of Gregor Mendel's experiments with pea plants?

• They proved that mutations are harmful

• They showed how environmental factors influence traits

• They demonstrated the principles of inheritance

• They disproved the theory of evolution

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What role do chromosomes play in inheritance?

• They store and transmit genetic information

• They determine how an organism interacts with its environment

• They mutate to create new species

• They replicate to produce energy for the cell

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Having dark hair like dad is an example of what kind of trait?

• acquired trait

• inherited trait

​ (a)   traits show its specific trait when both parents pass the gene to the child.

• Recessive

• Dominant

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