Genetics Review Quiz

What is the study of inheritance and variation of traits in living organisms called?

• ecology

• genetics

• biology

• evolution

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What are the basic units of heredity that are passed from parents to offspring?

• Cells

• Chromosomes

• Traits

• Genes

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What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?

• phenotype

• chromosome

• genotype

• allele

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What is the term for the physical characteristics or traits of an organism?

• chromosome

• DNA

• phenotype

• genotype

What is the term for the specific combination of alleles an organism has for a particular gene?

• genome

• alleleotype

• phenotype

• genotype

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What is the term for an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular gene?

• homozygous

• monogenic

• polygenic

• heterozygous

What is the term for an organism that has two different alleles for a particular gene?

• monohybrid

• heterozygous

• diploid

• homozygous

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What is the term for the observable traits or characteristics of an organism?

• phenotype

• genotype

• inheritance

• DNA

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What is the term for the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• heredity

• genetics

• inheritance

• evolution

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Different forms a gene may have for a trait.

• chromosome
• gene
• mutation
• allele

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