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Eye color, shape of your nose, height, hair type, and  are all examples of these.

What are INHERITED TRAITS?

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A ________ ________ is one that dominates, or masks, another form of that trait.
What is a DOMINANT TRAIT?
100
A child whose parents have the gene codes Bb (brown eyes) and bb (blue eyes) has this chance of having brown eyes.
What is 50%?
100
The scientific word for a child
What is OFFSPRING?
100

Why is Earth called the "Blue Planet"?

Because it is covered with water

200

A scar, pierced ears or bright purple hair are examples of these.

What are ACQUIRED TRAITS?

200

This kind of letter is used for a dominant trait.

What is a CAPITAL LETTER?

200

BONUS: Mendel studied these types of plants. **You may use your textbook as a resource for this question.

What are PEA PLANTS?

200
The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
What is HEREDITY?
200

A force that resists motion and slows things down on Earth.

Friction

300
An ________ __________ is a trait that an offspring receives from its parents.
What is INHERITED TRAIT?
300
This kind of letter is used for a recessive trait.
What is a LOWERCASE LETTER?
300
If B represents brown eyes, and b represents blue eyes, an individual with the code "Bb" for eye color will have this color of eyes.
What are BROWN EYES?
300
The chemical instructions for traits found in the nucleus of a cell
What are GENES?
300

The percentage of water that is not salt water 

3 percent

400
A tattoo or dyed hair are examples of these.
What are ACQUIRED TRAITS?
400
These type of traits tend to be expressed more frequently.
What are DOMINANT TRAITS?
400

Different phenotypes of the same trait.

What are variations?

400
Offspring receive inherited traits from these two people.
Who are MOTHER and FATHER?
400

A place that is really dry and has not had rain in a very long time is called a __________ environment.

Arid 

500
A flower's color, a dog's ear shape, or a person's height are examples of these.
What are INHERITED TRAITS?
500

These genotypes have the SAME letters and are known as (pp,PP)

What is a homozygous?

500
If F represents the gene for freckles, and f represents the gene for no freckles, an individual with the code "ff" will have this trait.
What is NO FRECKLES?
500
A new litter of rabbits has been born. One parent is white, which is a dominant trait, and the other parent is brown, which is a recessive trait. The babies are most likely this color.
What is WHITE?
500

What is a force that we used to make our standard vehicles move?

Gravity