Heredity vocabulary quiz

What is are traits that are passed from parent to offspring called?

• inherited traits

• dominant

• recessive

• genetics

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What is a characteristic that is controlled by genes?

• allelle

• heredity

• trait

• gene

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What is a section of a chromosome that holds the instructions for inherited traits?

• gene

• reproduction

• chromosomes

• offspring

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What is the physical appearance of an organism?

• the genotype

• the phenotype

• genetics

• alleles

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What is the instructions to pass on traits that makes up the structure of chromosomes?

• allele

• rubber bands

• DNA

• traits

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What is the different forms of gene that determines a specific trait?

• allele

• heredity

• genotype

• phenotype

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What is the trait that is masked by the dominant trait and you only see if it is paired with another one of these traits? It is represented by a lower case letter (b).

• dominant

• recessive

• genes

• phenotype

This trait is represented by an uppercase letter (B). This is the stronger trait.

• recessive

• phenotype

• genotype

• dominant

What means there are two of the same alleles present?

• homozygous

• phenotype

• hybrid

• heterozygous

What is another word for homozygous that is used to describe an organism that has 2 dominant or 2 recessive alleles?

• purebred

• genetics

• hybrid

• heterozygous