Biology Heredity

What is heredity?

• the study of pea plants

• the passing down of traits from parent to offspring

• the study of genetics

• the passing of traits from offspring to parents

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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What is an allele?

• a pair of chromosomes

• the study of heredity

• a dominant trait

• different forms of a gene

What word describes someone who has two DIFFERENT alleles for a certain trait

• homozygous

• purebred

• heterozygous

What word is used to describe your PHYSICAL characteristics that are determined by your genes?

• Genotype

• Chromosomes

• Allele

• Phenotype

The same gene can come in different versions, the different versions of a gene are called

(a)  

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

• Traits

Complete the following monohybrid punnett by labeling the each box with the correct genotype.

a

b

c

d

Tt

Tt

tt

TT

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Changes in a DNA sequence is called a ​ (a)  

• mutation

• translation

• transcription

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The following genotypes are ​ (a)   ​ : Tt, Mm and Gg​ ​

• heterozygous

• homozygous

The following physical descriptions are ​ (a)   hair color, eye color, height.

• phenotypes

• genotypes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Label the diagram

a

b

c

DNA

Chromosome

Chromatin

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