Genetics Quiz

What is the scientific study of heredity called?

• Fertilization

• Genetics

• Phenotype

• Meiosis

What is the process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell?

• Segregation

• Crossing Over

• Fertilization

• Tetrad

What term is used to describe a specific characteristic of an individual?

• Trait

• Allele

• Genotype

• Haploid

What is the separation of alleles during gamete formation called?

• Homologous

• Segregation

• Diploid

• Tetrad

What is a sex cell referred to as?

• Gamete

• Tetrad

• Allele

• Genotype

What structure contains four chromatids that form during meiosis?

• Haploid

• Tetrad

• Diploid

• Phenotype

What is the likelihood that a particular event will occur called?

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Probability

• Allele

What are the physical characteristics of an organism called?

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Trait

• Allele

What is one of the different forms of a gene called?

• Genotype

• Allele

• Haploid

• Diploid

What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

• Phenotype

• Trait

• Genotype

• Homologous