Inherited Traits Exit Ticket

What is heredity?

• The transfer of traits from one generation to another generation.
• The transfer of traits from child to parent

• Traits acquired through everyday adaptations

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Which correctly lists the flow from smallest unit to largest involving genetics?

• gene, DNA, chromosome, nucleus, cell

• cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA, gene

• DNA, gene, nucleus, chromosome, cell

• nucleus, chromosome, DNA, gene, cell

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Who is known as the 'father of modern genetics'?

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Mark Rober

• Mathias Schleiden

Which of the following is an inherited human trait?

• Eye color

• Favorite food

• Language spoken

• Hobby

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What are dominant traits?

• Traits that hide other traits when passed on to offspring.
• Traits that are hidden unless inherited from both parents

• DNA

• nucleus

What happens when a calf inherits a dominant white face gene from the bull?

• The calf will have a white face.
• The calf will have a brown face

• There is a slight chance the calf will have a white face

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A dominant trait shows its specific trait even if only one parent passed the gene to the offspring.

• True

• False

Recessive traits show in an offspring when:

• both parents carry the recessive allele

• only one parent carries the recessive allele

• neither parent carries the recessive allele

• the dominant trait is present

Where in our bodies is our hereditary material stored?

• In the heart

• In the brain

• In the liver

• In the cells

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What does the nucleus contain? (Choose TWO!)

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• Cells

• endoplasmic reticulum

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