7th Grade Genetics Vocabulary

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A table in which all possible outcomes of a genetic cross between two individuals are given is called a/an

• Punnett Square

• Percentage Graph

• Ratio Table

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Hereditary material for almost all living organisms

• Mutation

• DNA

• Inheritance

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A gene is

• Has nothing to do with genetics

• A set of fashionable pants

• A unit of heredity passed from parent to offspring

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The reception of genetic material from a parent to an offspring is called

• Inheritance

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

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A chromosome is

• what is used to make a car bumper shiny

• A threadlike structure made of nucleic acids and proteins that carries genetic material

• Not important

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The changing of the structure of a gene resulting in a variant form

• A Sperm

• A Mutation

• An Egg

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Probability is

• The chance that a certain event will occur

• A ratio

• A percentage

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A male gamete or sex cell

• An Egg

• A Sperm

• A zygote

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An egg is a/an

• Male gamete or sex cell

• Zygote

• Female gamete or sex cell

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A fertilized egg resulting from the union of an egg and sperm

• Zygote

• Egg

• Sperm

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A genotype that has two identical alleles

• Heterozygous

• Recessive

• Homozygous

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An allele is

• Identicle forms of a gene

• an offspring of two individuals

• An alternative version of a gene

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A genotype with two different alleles

• Heteroygous

• Homologous

• Locust

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A hybrid is

• Formed through asexual reproduction

• An offspring of two different species

• An exact copy of an organism

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Similar in position, structure, and origin but not necessarily function is

• Recessive

• Homologous

• Dominant

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The most important, powerful, or influential allele

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Hybrid

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A recessive allele is a/an

• Shows no expression

• Gene that is expressed when inherited from one parent

• Gene that is only expressed when inherited from both parents

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A system or thing used as an example is known as a

• Model

• Graph

• Parent

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A genetic variation is

• The young creations of a living individual

• A system or thing used as an example

• Differences in DNA between individuals or populations

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An offsprings mother or father is a

• Parent

• Child

• Clone

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The young creation of a living parent

• Parent

• Offspring

• Hybrid