Genetics and Heredity Quiz

A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• DNA

Different forms of a gene

• Chromosome

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Allele

Differences among individuals in the design of their gene or other DNA segments.

• Gene Variation

• Heredity

• Trait

• Chromosome

A random error or change in DNA that leads to a change, that can be positive or negative

• Mistake

• Nucleus

• Mutation

• Allele

Product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more individuals

• Children

• Trait

• Reproduction

• Offspring

Genetic makeup of an organism

• DNA

• Genotype

• Chromosomes

• RNA

The observable traits of an organism that result from the genotype.

• Characteristics

• Genes

• Phenotype

• Traits

Threadlike structures/packages made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• Alleles

• Nucleus

Process by which a single individual reproduces an offspring

• Sexual Reproduction

• Mutation

• Asexual Reproduction

• Cellular Division

Process by which male and female gametes of the same species combine to make a new organism.

• Sexual Reproduction

• Mutation

• Asexual Reproduction

• Cellular Division