Genetic Vocabulary

Characteristics passed from parent to their offspring are called....

• behavior

• trait

• chromosome

• child

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The passing of DNA from parents to offspring is called...

• Generation

• Heredity

• Inheritance

• Traits

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which gene always shows itself when present?

• Hybrid

• Dominant

• Pure

• Recessive

What are the different forms of a gene called?

• traits

• nitrogen bases

• phenotype

• alleles

If an organism has the genotype aa, they are considered...

• homozygous dominant

• heterozygous

• homozygous recessive

The study of heredity is called...

• alleles

• heredity

• genetics

• probability

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Describes a trait that is covered over, or Dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear.

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Genotype

• Phenotype

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• Dominant

• Allele

• Genetics

• Heredity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The different forms of a trait that a Gene may have

• Heredity

• Allele

• Genotype

• hybrid

The Genetic Make-Up of an Organism

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Heredity

• Hybrid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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