DNA and Heredity

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Science
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7th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does a lowercase letter represent in a Punnett square?
A dominant allele
A recessive allele
A heterozygous pair
A phenotype
Answer explanation
A lowercase letter in a Punnett square represents a recessive allele.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of
Ribosomes
DNA
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Physical traits that are expressed are known as ____________
Mutation
Personality
Genotype
Phenotype
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Chromosomes are
Found in the mitochondria
Made of 20 pairs
Long strands of DNA that contain many genes
Bundles of DNA that contain only one gene each
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always
Recessive
Inherited
Dominant
Heterozygous
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as
Alleles
Ancestry
Heredity
Variation
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The genes of an organism that are written with capital or lowercase letters
Pant size
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Genotype
Gretchentype
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
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