Heredity Vocabulary

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called __________.

• Heretics

• Heredity

• Genes

• Genetype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Different forms of a gene are called __________.

• Levis

• Traits

• Alleles

• Heterozygous

What is the study of how traits are inherited?

• Chemistry

• Genetics

• Inheritance

• Traitology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Who is considered "The Father of Genetics?"

• Gregor Mendel

• Thomas Genetics

• George Mendel

• Francis Crick

In a Punnett square, a capital letter stands for a ______ allele.

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Recessive

• Dominant

Which represents a homozygous recessive genotype?

• Rr

• RR

• rr

• Rt

The physical appearance of an organism is called its__________

• Pheromone

• Trait

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

The process used in sexual reproduction.

• Genetics

• Meoisis

• Mitosis

• Heredity

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Pollination where the pollen goes from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another

• Self-Pollination

• Cross-Pollination

Dominant genes are masked

• True

• False