Genetics Quizizz

________ is known as the "father of genetics." (Hint: He experimented with pea plants.)

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

• Isaac Newton

________ is the passing of traits from parent to offspring. (Hint: This is why children may look like their parents.)

• Heredity

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Mutation

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A ________ is a physical characteristic, such as brown hair or blue eyes. (Hint: These are things you can see, like dimples.)

• Trait

• Emotion

• Habit

• Skill

________ is the scientific study of heredity. (Hint: This is the field of science Gregor Mendel studied.)

• Genetics

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

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A ________ is when the offspring have the same forms of a trait as the parent. (Hint: Think of a family where all the children have brown hair, just like their parents.)

• Purebred

• Hybrid

• Mutant

• Variant

A ________ is a factor that controls physical characteristics. (Hint: These are found on DNA and determine traits.)

• Gene

• Protein

• Enzyme

• Chromosome

An ________ is the different forms of a gene. (Hint: These could be for things like eye color or height.)

• Allele

• Chromosome

• Nucleotide

• Protein

A ________ is an allele whose trait always shows up whenever the allele is present. (Hint: It is symbolized by a capital letter.)

• Dominant allele

• Recessive allele

• Incomplete allele

• Codominant allele

A ________ is the allele whose trait is hidden by the dominant allele. (Hint: It is symbolized by a lowercase letter.)

• Recessive allele

• Dominant allele

• Homozygous allele

• Heterozygous allele

A ________ is an organism whose traits are different from their parents. (Hint: This happens when you mix different traits together.)

• Hybrid

• Clone

• Mutant

• Offspring

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