Genetics Vocabulary Review

What term describes the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• Phenotype

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Genotype

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of these refers to the different versions of a gene?

• Traits

• Phenotypes

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

A trait that will always show up in the first generation is called a:

• Recessive trait

• Hidden trait

• Secondary trait

• Dominant trait

The combination of alleles that an organism gets from its parents is called the:

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Heredity

• Genetics

When an organism has one dominant and one recessive allele, this is called:

• Homozygous

• Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Dominant

What term describes the physical appearance of an organism?

• Allele

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Genetics

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The study of how traits are passed on from generation to generation is called:

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Phenotype

• Alleles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Having two of the same type of alleles (either both dominant or both recessive) is called:

• Heterozygous

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

• Genotype

A trait that only appears when an organism has two copies of the same gene is called a:

• Dominant trait

• Heterozygous trait

• Homozygous trait

• Recessive trait

Which term describes the instructions for an inherited trait?

• Alleles

• Genes

• Heredity

• Phenotype