Heredity

Heredity is....

• The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• What I get from grandpa when he goes back to King Kai

• A hidden trait

• The strongest trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Gregor Mendel cross different flowers to study how.....

• traits were being passed on

• flowers grew from seeds

• a sickness in plants was spreading

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Mr. Valdez forced me to use genes to make a monster so that I could:

• Practice what I learned about alleles and heredity

• Because he couldn't think of anything else

• Learn to appreciate being in Hufflepuff

• No Idea

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

How many purple flowers are there in this Punnett square?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as

• Alleles

• Ancestry

• Heredity

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Dominant alleles are written with:

• Upper case always

• Lower case always

Match the following

• Versions of a trait

• Genotype

• Genetic make-up of a person

• Allele

• Outward appearance

• Heredity

• Passing of traits down generations

• Phenotype

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait

• aggressive trait

• absent trait

• dominant trait

​ (a)    is the passage of genetic instructions from parent to offspring. The genetic instructions are found in ​ (b)    within the DNA, which is contained in ​ (c)  

 inside the nucleus of the cells.

• Heredity

• genes

• chromosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a gene that has its contribution masked or blocked by another gene when the two are both present in a cell or organism

• recessive trait

• gene

• phenotype

• genotype

• dominant trait