Heredity

Which of the following is NOT an example of a trait?

• Eye color

• Ear shape

• Hight

• Species

A child looks more like one parent than the other because a child only inherits chromosomes from one parent.

• True

• False

The study of ____ is also called genetics.

• Heredity

• Pea Plant

• Mendal

• dominance

Passing of traits from parents to offspring is called __.

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Heredity

• Reproduction

What model can be used to show traits and help determine genotypes of genetically related family members over several generations?

• Mendelism

• Punnet square

• Pedigree

• Heredity

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