Genetic Quiz review

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring is called

• phenotype
• trait
• genotype

A form of a gene that is hidden when the dominant is present

• allele
• dominant
• recessive
• genotype

Genetics is the study of 

• pea plants
• heredity
• phenotype of an organism
• characteristic that can be passed on

An organism's genotype describes 

• its physical characteristics
• the way it looks
• the alleles of the gene or its genetic makeup

A ____________ is a unit that determines traits.

• chromosome
• gene
• allele

The father of genetics is 

• Hooke
• Mendel
• Leeuwenhoek

A _____ is the form of the gene that covers up the appearance of the _______

• dominant, recessive
• recessive, dominant

The phenotype is the form of a trait that an organism displays.

• true
• false

The form of a gene that is hidden when the dominant is present is called recessive.

• True
• False

If an organism has a genotype of dominant and recessive, the dominant is always shown.

• True
• False