
Heredity notes
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Azalea Wagner
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DIRECTIONS: After answering the review questions about reproduction, grab the foldable on my desk to take your notes.
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Which type of reproduction produces an identical copy of the parent?
Sexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction
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Which statement does NOT describe asexual reproduction?
takes a short amount of time
provides genetic variation - all offspring are different
no mate required in order to reproduce
provides no genetic variation - all offspring are the same
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Juan's dog, Luna, was hit by a car. Fortunately, she lived and is healthy! But she is now missing a leg. Having only three legs is a(n)
inherited trait.
learned behavior.
instinct.
acquired trait.
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Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of
Ribosomes
DNA
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
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Multiple Choice
Sections of DNA that have instructions for a specific trait are called _______________
Blueprints
Genes
Heterozygous
Fragments
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Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always
Recessive
Inherited
Dominant
Heterozygous
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The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as
Alleles
Ancestry
Heredity
Variation
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The genetic difference between individuals in the same species is
Interesting
Harmful
Variation
Genetics
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If a gene is always expressed or always shown with a capital letter it is
Bossy
Recessive
Yelling
Dominant
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This variation of a gene can only be expressed if it is received from both parents
Shy
Heterozygous
Variation
Recessive
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Different versions of the same gene are called
Jeans
Editions
Varieties
Alleles
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Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________
predators to prey
water to rain
parents to offspring
offspring to parents
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