Genetics Vocabulary Practice

Height, hair color, and skin color are examples of 

• genetics
• traits
• genes
• genotypes

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Who is considered the Father of Genetics?

• Gregory Hines
• Gregor Mendel
• Gregor Hahn
• Gregory Peck

Which word means passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• heredity
• chromosomes
• DNA
• genetics

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What is another word for offspring?

• embryos
• teenagers
• children
• reproduction

Different forms of a gene that control the inheritance of traits are called ___________.

• genes
• probability
• alleles
• genotypes

This type of allele is represented by a capital letter and it controls the trait that always shows up in an organism

• recessive allele
• reproductive allele
• sex chromosome
• dominant allele

This type of allele is covered up whenever the dominant allele is present and is represented by a lower case letter

• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• codominance
• sex chromosome

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Two different alleles for the same trait; one dominant and one recessive =

• homozygous
• codominant
• heterozygous
• incomplete dominance

A ________ is a organism's physical appearance. (Ex. purple flowers)

• allele
• phenotype
• genotype
• trait

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A _________ is an organism's gene combination or code. (Ex. Tt)

• genotype
• phenotype
• probability
• trait

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