Genetics Introduction

What did Gregor Mendel study?

• Pea Plants

• Raddish Plants

• Potato Plants

• Carrots

Which of these are the instructions/building blocks for living things?

• Offspring

• DNA

• Organism

• Dominant Trait

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The ______ trait is the trait that is expressed (shown) over the recessive trait.

How do we symbolize a dominant trait?

• Uppercase (capital) letter

• Lowercase letter

Select which of these is NOT true about chromosomes.

• They are made up of DNA.

• They are in the nucleus.

• They appear spontaneously in our cells (out of thin air).

• They have genes on them.

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How many versions of each gene do we have?

• 1

• 2

• 23

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A segment of DNA that determines a specific trait is a ...

• Gene

• Phenotype

• Chromosome

• Characteristic

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TRUE OR FALSE: Sometimes there are many genes that determine a trait.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where do we get our DNA from?

• It appears spontaneously

• Our kids

• Our siblings

• Our biological parents

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An allele...

• is an organism.

• is a version of a gene.

• is a chromosome.

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