Genetics Review

Who is known as the father of genetics?

• Isaac Newton

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Hooke

• Ms. Petrides

Gregor Mendel made many important genetic discoveries studying which type of plant?

• Cucumber plant

• Squash plant

• Green bean plant

• Pea plant

What term describes the process in which characteristics are passed from parents to offspring?

• Heredity

• Allele

• Genetics

• Chromosome

What term is used to describe the scientific study of heredity?

• Chromosome

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Allele

Which term describes the part of DNA that has the code for a specific trait?

• Allele

• Gene

• DNA

• Chromosome

Which term describes an organism's physical characteristics?

• Trait

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

Which type of alleles are represented by CAPITAL letters and will always show up if present?

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Recessive

• Dominant

Which type of alleles are represented by lower case letters and will only show up if paired together with a similar allele?

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Recessive

• Dominant

Which term describes two paired alleles that are different from each other? Choose all answers that apply.

• Hybrid

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Pure

What term describes two paired alleles that are exactly the same? Check all that apply.

• Homozygous

• Hybrid

• Pure

• Heterozygous