Heredity Vocab Quiz

What is the term for the definition - 'Traits that are passed from parents to offspring'

• Learned traits

• Inherited traits

• Characteristics

• Allele

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A __________________ is visible when 'an allele is hidden whenever a dominant allele is present'.

• Weak trait

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• Learned trait

Phenotypes are...

• Description of an offspring's physical traits

• Alleles or letters representing an offspring's physical trait

• Two of the same type of allele (dom, dom or rec, rec)

• Two different types of alleles (dom, rec)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Homozygous dominant genotypes relate to

• Two of the same types of alleles (dom, dom)

• Two of the same types of alleles (rec, rec)

• Two different types of alleles (dom, rec)

Heterozygous genotypes relate to

• Two of the same types of alleles (dom, dom)

• Two of the same types of alleles (rec, rec)

• Two different types of alleles (dom, rec)

First scientist to study how traits are passed from parent to offspring is...

• Albert Eistein

• Steven Hawkins

• Neil D. Tyson

• Gregor Mendel

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Genotypes are...

• Description of an offspring's physical traits

• Alleles or letters representing an offspring's physical trait

• Two of the same type of allele (dom, dom or rec, rec)

• Two different types of alleles (dom, rec)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A gene is defined as...

• Passing traits from parents

• Different forms of a gene

• A portion of DNA that relates to a trait

• Alleles responsible for a physical trait

What is the term for the definition - 'Traits that are not passed from parents to offspring but acquired through observation/speculation'

• Learned traits

• Inherited traits

• Characteristics

• Allele

An trait who always shows up in the offspring when the 'capitalized' allele is present.

• recessive trait

• dominant trait

• codominant trait

• heterozygous trait