Heredity/AsexualvsSexual Quiz

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of

• Ribosomes

• DNA

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

If two alleles are the same for a certain trait they are considered

• Homozygous

• Twins

• Heterozygous

• Common

Physical traits that are expressed are known as ____________

• Mutation

• Personality

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Sections of DNA that have instructions for a specific trait are called _______________

• Blueprints

• Genes

• Heterozygous

• Fragments

Chromosomes are

• Found in the mitochondria

• Made of 20 pairs

• Long strands of DNA that contain many genes

• Bundles of DNA that contain only one gene each

Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always

• Recessive

• Inherited

• Dominant

• Heterozygous

The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as

• Alleles

• Ancestry

• Heredity

• Variation

If a gene is always expressed or always shown with a capital letter it is

• Bossy

• Recessive

• Yelling

• Dominant

If a certain trait has two different alleles (one dominant and one recessive) it is called __________________

• Homozygous

• Confused

• Differentiated

• Heterozygous