inheritance
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Genetics
Punnett square
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100

A grid that shows the possible offspring of two parents

What is a Punnett Square

100

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?

what is nothing

100

What is genetics?

What is the study of heredity 

100

Some genes can be hidden or covered up by another. These are considered to be-

What is Recessive?

100

What is the moon worth?

what is $1, because it has 4 quarters. 

200

Only one of these alleles is necessary to express the trait

What is Dominant 


200

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

what is incorrectly?

200

Where are genes located?

what is In the chromosomes 


200

What is the punnett square used for?

what is to determine the outcome of genetic crossings.

200

What is harder to catch the faster you run?

what is Your breath! 

300

The ONLY time you can see a recessive trait

What is homozygous recessive

300

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I? 

what is a secret

300

What are the threadlike structures of DNA that carry genes called?

what is Chromosomes 

300

A black chicken (BB) is crossed with a black chicken (BB). What percentage of offspring will be black?

what is 100% 

300

What stays where it is when it goes off?

what is An alarm clock 

400

If you are studying a population of genetically identical individuals, you can conclude that these individuals reproduce how?

What is Asexually 

400

What has no beginning, end, or middle?

what is a donut

400

Inherited traits that children get from their parents come from-

What is genes?

400

Having dimples is dominant (D). Not having dimples is recessive. (d) Both parents are heterozygous for the dominant trait. What percentage of the children will NOT have dimples?

25%

400

You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'til you call me again. What am I?

what is An echo. 

500

What type of organism did Gregor Mendel use to first study heredity?

What are pea plants?

500

How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?

What is one?

500

What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of letters?

What is genotype

500

Long ears are dominant (E) in rabbits. If one parent is homozygous dominant for the long ear trait and the other homozygous recessive (e), what is the only possible genotype of the offspring?

what is Ee 

500

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

what is Mount Everest 

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