Grade 8 · Science
Genes, DNA, Punnett squares, and traits. Written in American English for students, parents, and teachers in the United States.
Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.
Answer: DNA
DNA carries hereditary information.
Answer: a characteristic that can be inherited
Eye color is a classic example.
Answer: different versions of a gene
You inherit alleles from each parent.
Answer: a dominant allele
Dominant traits can show with one copy.
Answer: both alleles are recessive
Two lowercase letters, like aa.
Answer: allele combination
Phenotype is what you see.
Answer: 46
Gametes have 23.
Answer: two identical body cells
Meiosis makes sex cells.
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