Chromosomes and Inheritance

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called....

• Luck

• Heredity

• Allele

• Gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If no freckles (F) is dominant and having freckles (f) is recessive. What is the genotype of a person who is heterozygous for that trait?

• FF

• Ff

• ff

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If smooth (S) is dominant in seeds and wrinkled (s) is recessive. What is the genotype of a seed that is homozygous dominant?

• SS

• Ss

• ss

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The genotype cc is...

• homozygous

• heterozygous

If brown (B) is dominant and red (b) is recessive for hair color. What is the phenotype of (Bb)?

• brown hair

• red hair

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is a gene?

• a section of DNA that controls a trait

• a physical characteristic of an organism that can be inherited

• a single strand of DNA wrapped tightly around proteins

• a version of a gene that results in a specific phenotype

• the specific chromosome and region where a gene is located

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is an allele?

• a section of DNA that controls a trait

• a physical characteristic of an organism that can be inherited

• a single strand of DNA wrapped tightly around proteins

• a version of a gene that results in a specific phenotype

• the specific chromosome and region where a gene is located

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which word is used to describe the genotype of an organism with 2 different alleles in their genome?

• hypertonic

• homozygous

• phenotype

• heterozygous

What is a chromosome?

• a section of DNA that controls a trait

• a physical characteristic of an organism that can be inherited

• a single strand of DNA wrapped tightly around proteins

• a version of a gene that results in a specific phenotype

• the specific chromosome and region where a gene is located

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Sexually reproducing organisms have ____ alleles for every gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2