What is the difference between acquired vs. inherited traits? Give an example of each. (2 points)
Who is considered to be the "Father of Genetics?"
James Watson
Francis Crick
Albert Einstien
Gregor Mendel
What is one reason that Mendel chose to work with pea plants?
Pea plants are have easy identifiable traits
Pea plants are pretty.
Pea plants have big thorns on them.
Pea plants are green.
What is the genetic material that contains all instructions needed to create an organism.
nucleus
chromosomes
DNA
protein
A diagram used to show possible combinations of genes is called a
area model
Punnet Square
T chart
Venn Diagram
Dominant traits are
mutations
expressed only when an organism inherits 2 copies
more powerful and will occur as long as it is present
represented by a lower case letter
Inherited traits are . . .
learned
not in the DNA
can't be passed on to offspring
are coded in your DNA
Which is an example of an acquired trait?
eye color
reading
hair color
curly hair
In Labrador retriever dogs, the gene for black fur, (B), is dominant to the gene for brown fur, (b). What are the possible colors for the offspring of black lab (Bb) and a brown lab (bb)?