Individual Assessment – Heredity

1) Title a new page in your journal “Individual Assessment – Heredity.”

2) Number the page 1-5.

3) Be prepared to answer the assessment questions when the power point begins.

4) You will have one minute to answer each question. The slides will change on their own.

5) We will not go back to any question once it has passed so BE READY!

1) The best example of an inherited human trait

is –

A a new hairstyle

B skill in catching a ball

C a preference for eating spinach

D color of eyes

2) A gene contains –

F nutrients and gases

G the DNA code for a trait

H chloroplasts

J only recessive alleles

3) A dominant trait is –

A never seen in offspring

B only seen in offspring when both recessive alleles are present

C seen if the dominant allele is present

D rarely seen in offspring

4) Which example best describes a phenotype?

F the nucleus of a cell

G the appearance of an organism

H the genes that are present

J budding yeast

5) Chromosomes are found in –

A the chloroplasts of cells

B plant cells only

C the nucleus of each cell

D animal cells only