Life Science 7 - chapter 5

What is heredity

• passing of traits from parents to offspring

• passing of traits from offspring to parents

• passing favorite stories on to your children

• not liking your parents or siblings

who is Gregor Mendel

• He was the founder of One Direction

• He discovered the principles of heredity

• He discovered pea plants

• He discovered the principles of haircare

Trait observed in first generation when parents that have different traits are bred

• eye color

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• hair color

A trait that reappears in the 2nd generation after disappearing in the 1st generation when parents that have different traits are bred

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• heredity

• self-pollination

a plant that has both male and female reproductive structures is able to

• self-replicate

• self-pollinate

• change colors

• none of the above

When pollen from one plant fertilizes the ovule of a flower on a different plant, it is called....

• self-pollination

• reproduction

• cross-pollination

• allergy season

What is a trait?

• a type of pea plant

• a genetically determined characteristic

• a genetically modified vegetable

• none of the above

what is an example of a characteristic?

• flower color

• plant height

• seed shape

• all of the above

what is a gene?

• one set of instructions for an inherited trait

• a name for a male child

• another name for a pea plant

• a recessive trait

Different forms of a gene are called...

• phenotypes

• offspring

• alleles

• dominant traits