Genetics Vocab Quiz

An internal unique genetic code passed on from parents to offspring

Example: BB or Bb or bb

• Genotype

• phenotype

• trait

A process requiring fertilization that involves two organisms that create offspring by combining genetic material

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• mitosis

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Reproduction not requiring fertilization. Only involves one parent

• sexual

• asexual

• mitosis

• meiosis

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The process in which two sex cells combine to form a new organism

• fertilization

• reproduction

• pollination

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Contains genetic instructions for a living organism

• DNA

• MRNA

• RNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A package of DNA. Humans have 46 in all body cells and 23 in all sex cells.

• Chromosomes

• chromatids

• sister chromatids

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A part of a chromosome that represents a trait.

Ex: gene for eye color, gene for skin color...

• gene

• trait

• dominant

An observable characteristic of an organism

Ex: eye color, skin color, hair texture, nose shape...

• trait

• gene

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A type of genetic trait that will not be expressed when a dominant gene is present.

A less “powerful” trait.

• dominant

• recessive

• mitosis

The observable traits of an organism passed on from parent to offspring

Example: blonde hair, dark skin

• genotype

• phenotype

• trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1