Intro to Genetics Vocabulary Quiz

_______________ is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring.

• Codominance
• Genotype
• Heredity
• Phenotype

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

___________ is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• DNA
• Fertilization
• Probability
• Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

____________ is the study of heredity.

• Biology
• DNA
• Ecology
• Genetics

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

___________________ is the process of joining egg and sperm.

• Fertilization
• Genetics
• Mitosis
• Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

_______________ is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait.

• Fertilization
• Meiosis
• Mitosis
• Purebred

______________________ is the set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

• Gene
• Phenotype
• Probability
• Punnett Square

______________ are different forms of genes.

• Alleles
• Genetics
• Heredity
• Probability

______________________ is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

• Dominant allele
• Genetics
• Punnett square
• Recessive allele

______________________ is an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present.

• Dominant allele
• Genetics
• Punnett square
• Recessive allele

________________ is an organism with two different alleles for a trait. For example, the liger is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.

• Genetics
• Hybrid
• Probability
• Purebred