Genetics Introduction 2020 Quiz 1

The different two "forms" of genes are known as

• traits

• alleles

• probability

• environment

The mathematical chance that something will happen is

• luck

• chance

• probability

• providence

The physical appearance (or the way a gene is expressed) is known as

• gene

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

An allele or gene that always shows is

• present

• hidden

• recessive

• dominant

The hidden form of an inherited trait

• hybrid

• purebred

• recessive

• dominant

When there are two different genes

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

When the pair of alleles is the same, it is

• true

• hybrid

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Dominant alleles are represented by a/an

• upper case letter

• lower case letter

• recessive letter

• male chromosome

Heredity is the passing of traits from ______________ to _____________

• fungi to protists

• predators to prey

• parents to offspring

• genes to chromosomes

___________________________ is the field of science that studies of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• biology

• genetics

• inheritance

• chromosomology