What is Heredity?

______ is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring.

• Trait
• Heredity
• Genetics
• Hybrid

Each specific characteristic, such as stem height or seed color, is called a ______.

• Allele
• Hybrid
• Trait
• Heredity

What is the scientific study of heredity called?

• Genetics
• Fertilization
• Hybrid
• Punnett Square

A new organism begins to form when egg and sperm cells join in the process called ______.

• Genetics
• Purebred
• Heredity
• Fertilization

A ______ organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same form of a trait.

• Dominant Allele
• Hybrid
• Purebred
• Gene

What is the word scientists use to describe the factors that control a trait?

• Hybrid
• Fertilization
• Alleles
• Gene

What are the different forms of a gene?

• Alleles
• Traits
• Hybrid
• Purebred

A ______ is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

• Recessive Allele
• Dominant Allele
• Gene
• Heridity

A ______ is hidden whenever a dominant allele is present.

• Trait
• Gene
• Recessive Allele
• Homozygous

What kind of organism has two different alleles for a trait?

• Purebred
• Hybrid
• Homozygous
• Punnett Square