Genetics

___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants in order to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?

• Pea plants grow quickly
• Pea plants are ultraviolet
• Pea plants are rare and expensive
• Pea plants are take years to grow

If a child has red hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait
• aggressive trait
• absent trait
• dominant trait

True or False:  Recessive traits are ALWAYS present 

• True
• False

_____________________ is the appearance of an organism, or how it looks

• phenotype
• ratio
• recessive trait
• heredity

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid
• Genetic Tic Tac Toe
• Punnett Square
• Pedigree Plot

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

• genotypes
• phenotypes

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both