Genetics Quiz

What is the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring?

• gene
• allele
• heredity
• phenotype

What is the set of instructions for an inherited trait?

• gene
• heredity
• allele
• phenotype

How many sets of genes does one parent give to its offspring?

• 2
• 1
• 3
• 4

What is the alternate form of a gene that governs an individual's characteristics?

• allele
• genotype
• phenotype
• gene

The trait observed in the first generation when parents have different traits.

• dominant trait
• recessive trait

A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents have different traits.

• dominant trait
• recessive trait

A trait denoted by an uppercase letter.

• dominant trait
• recessive trait

A trait denoted by a lowercase letter.

• dominant trait
• recessive trait

What is an organism’s appearance or other detectable characteristic?

• genotype
• allele
• recessive trait
• phenotype

What is the entire genetic makeup of an organism, also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits?

• phenotype
• genotype
• allele
• trait