Genetics Vocabulary Quiz

Study of heredity

• probability

• genetics

• heredity

• traits

The transmission of traits from one generation to the next.

• genes

• genetics

• heredity

• traits

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

• Chromosome

• DNA

• RNA

• Gene

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• Trait

• gene

• DNA

• Chromosome

Different forms of a gene

• Hybrid

• Allele

• Chromosome

• Gene

Having two different alleles for a particular gene.

• Homozygous

• Multiple allele

• Heterozygous

• Polygenic trait

Having two identical alleles for a particular trait.

• Homozygous

• Multiple Alleles

• Heterozygous

• Polygenic traits

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Multiple Allele

• Hybrid

The likelihood that a particular event will happen.

• Pedigree

• Probability

• Forecasting

• Prediction

A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family.

• Punnett Square

• Dihybrid Cross

• Pedigree

• Monohybrid Cross