Genetics and Heredity

Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• true

• false

The study of heredity is called

• heredology

• geneology

• genetics

• heretics

The "father" of genetics.

• Charles Darwin

• Donald Trump

• Gregor Mendel

• Steve Jobs

A punnett square is a chart that shows

• What an organism will look like.

• all the possible combinations of alleles resulting from a genetic cross.

• the characteristics that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• the segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.

• percentage

• punnet square

• probability

• decimal

Alleles are the different forms of a chromosome.

• true

• false

An allele whose trait alwaays shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• homozygous allele

A recessive alleles is always ________________ whenever a dominant allele is present.

• present

• hidden

• dominant

• genetic

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromotype

An organism's physical appearance, or visible trait.

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromotype