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Heredity is the passage of what from parent to offspring?
a) Genetic material
b) oxygenated blood
c) digestive enzymes
d) connective tissue

A gene is best described as
a) the release of energy
b) a unit of heredity
c) the waste produced by cells
d) a collection of adaptations

The inherited traits of an organism are governed by –
a) leukocytes
b) genes
c) cytoplasm
d) enzymes

The hereditary information in animal and plant cells is located on the chromosomes, which the cells store in the
a) vacuoles
b) nucleus
c) cytoplasm
d) ribosomes

Which of the following statements accurately denotes the frequency of expression of dominant and recessive traits?
a) Dominant traits = always / Recessive = never
b) Dominant traits = never / Recessive = sometimes
c) Dominant traits = always / Recessive = sometimes
d) Dominant traits = sometimes / Recessive = sometimes

What structure in a cell contains the genetic information?
a) lysosome
b) ribosome
c) nucleus
d) mitochondria

Recessive genes are expressed under which of the following conditions?
a) every time they are found in an organism
b) in green plants that reproduce through seeds
c) when asexul organisms produce a pair of offspring
d) only in the absence of dominant genes for the same trait

Recessive traits are expressed –
a) in one quarter of all offspring produced
b) always, in all members of the population
c) only when the domininant gene is not present
d) if the trait is carried by the male parent

Which is the correct order from largest to smallest?
a) Chromosome-nucleus-cell-organism-gene
b) gene-chromosome-nucleus-cell-organism
c) nucleus-cell-chromosome-gene-organism
d) organism-cell-nucleus-chromosome-gene

Blue eyes is an example of a
a) phenotype
b) genotype
c)
d)

BB is an example of a
a) phenotype
b) genotype
c)
d)

Freckles is an example of a
a) phenotype
b) genotype
c)
d)

Homozygous dominant is an example of a
a) phenotype
b) genotype
c)
d)

Aa is an example of a
a) phenotype
b) genotype
c)
d)

Widow's peak is an example of a
a) phenotype
b) genotype
c)
d)

Rr shows
a) dominant
b) recessive
c)
d)

nn shows
a) dominant
b) recessive
c)
d)

Ee shows
a) dominant
b) recessive
c)
d)

Eye color, hair color, freckles, widow's peak are
a) genetics
b) heredity
c) traits
d) dominant

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is
a) traits
b) genetics
c) heredity
d) phenotypes

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