Life Science Vocabulary Review

___ is the physical characteristic an organism presents (hairy or hairless)

• gene

• genotype

• alelle

• phenotype

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

___ is how a trait presents genetically (HH, Hh, hh)

• phenotype

• genotype

• mutation

• adaptation

A trait that presents in an organism even if the organism has only one of that allele is considered...

• dominant

• prokaryotic

• recessive

• eukaryotic

A trait that presents in an organism only if the organism has two of the same allele is said to be...

• mimicry

• symbiosis

• recessive

• dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

An organism that has two of the same allele is...

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• biotic

• abiotic

An organism that has two different alelles is...

• heterozygous

• biotic

• homozygous

• abiotic

A close, long-term relationship between two organisms where at least one benefits is known as...

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Symbiosis

• Competition

The basic unit of heredity is called...

• carrying capacity

• a gene

• an adaptation

• an alelle

Half of a gene, in which one half comes from each parent, is known as a(n)...

• homologous trait

• species

• adaptation

• allele

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A change in an organism that better helps it survive is known as a(n)...

• trait

• adaptation

• gene

• structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4