Heredity and Traits Review

A feature that is passed through genetic information.

• inherited trait

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• gene

A mistake in a species DNA.

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• mutation

• instinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

It is found in DNA and contains information about you, like eye or hair color.

• inherited trait

• instinct

• gene

• learned behavior

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A trait that appears less commonly in a species.

• dominant trait

• inherited trait

• mutation

• recessive trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

A disability caused by a genetic defect

• instinct

• learned behavior

• inherited trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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

• tt

• Tt

• Bb

• TT

How many girls in this family express this recessive disorder?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one

• two

• three

• five

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes

• the possible combination of alleles in a gene

• whether an allele is dominant or recessive

• how an organism will appear

the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity

• trait

• gene

• allele

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2