Genetics Vocabulary Quiz

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

__________ is the study of heredity.

• ecology
• biology
• genetics
• heredity

Factors that control your traits are called _________.

• DNA
• chromatids
• alleles
• genes

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

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

• homozygous
• codominant
• heterozygous
• incomplete dominance

Two alleles are identical; example TT or tt =

• purebred or homozygous
• heterozygous
• traits
• phenotypes

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

• allele
• phenotype
• genotype
• trait