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The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring
a) heredity
b) genes
c) genetic engineering
d) mitosis

A relationship between two different numbers that is often expressed as a fraction:
a) decimal
b) percent
c) ratio
d) fraction

A feature that has different forms in a population
a) heredity
b) genes
c) traits
d) characteristics

Where did Gregor Mendel do his research?
a) in a lab
b) at a college
c) at a monastery
d) on a farm

A trait always seen in the first generation is the
a) recessive trait
b) dominant trait
c)
d)

A trait that reappears in the second generation is the
a) recessive
b) dominant
c)
d)

when one plant fertilizes another plant
a) self-pollinating
b) cross-pollinating
c) true-breeding
d)

when all offspring have the same traits as the parent
a) self-pollinating
b) cross-pollinating
c) true-breeding
d)

Why were ratios important in Mendel’s work?
a) They showed that heredity does not follow a set pattern.
b) They showed that some traits are never passed on.
c) They showed the relationship between two different things.
d) They showed that some recessive traits are really dominant.

In cats, there are two types of ears: normal and curly. A curly-eared cat mated with a normal-eared cat, and all of the kittens had curly ears. Are curly ears a dominant or recessive trait?
a) dominant
b) recessive
c)
d)

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