Genetics Vocabulary Assessment

What is heredity?

• A diagram showing trait inheritance through generations

• The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• The observable characteristics of an organism

• Different forms of a gene

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which term describes the genetic makeup of an organism?

• Phenotype

• Pedigree

• Trait

• Genotype

What do we call a specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another?

• Trait

• Gene

• Allele

• Pedigree

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A unit of heredity that carries instructions for a specific trait is called a:

• Chromosome

• Phenotype

• Gene

• Pedigree

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Different forms of the same gene are known as:

• Traits

• Phenotypes

• Genotypes

• Alleles

When an allele masks the effect of another allele, it is called:

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

What term describes having two identical alleles for a particular trait?

• Heterozygous

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

• Genotype

The observable characteristics resulting from an organism's genotype are called:

• Alleles

• Traits

• Phenotype

• Heredity

What type of allele only shows its trait when two copies are inherited?

Having two different alleles for a particular trait is called:

• Homozygous

• Phenotype

• Heterozygous

• Dominant