Heredity and Genetic Traits

Recessive

• trait of an organism that cannot be masked

• trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait

• physical appearance, visible traits

• any difference between individuals of the same species

Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits

• variation

• phenotype

• hybrid

• dominant

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Phenotype

• An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits

• trait that cannot be masked

• recessive

• trait that can be masked

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Variation

• any similarity between individuals

• any difference between individuals of the same species

• phenotype

• hybrid

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• fungi to protists

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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

• dominant traits

• ratio

• phenotype

• genetics

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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

What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)

• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)

• Alleles that are the same

• Alleles that are different

The genes of an organism

• Mesotype

• Phenotype

• Teletype

• Genotype

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1