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Genetics Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The obbreviation of Deoxyribonucleic acid is ?
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
DRNA
d)
DRA
2.
Scientific study of heredity
a)
Genetics
b)
Heredity
c)
Anatomy
d)
Biology
3.
Passing of traits from parent to offspring.
a)
Heredity 
b)
Genetics
c)
Karma
d)
Humanism
4.
Different forms of a gene.
a)
Allele
b)
Trait 
c)
Gene
d)
Aquired Trait
5.
Trait you learn or get from the environment while living your life. 
a)
Inhereted Trait
b)
Aquired Trait 
c)
Learned Trait 
d)
Discovered Trait
6.
Trait that ALWAYS shows up in an offspring.
a)
Recessive allele
b)
Dominant allele
c)
gene
d)
Heterozygous
7.
Trait that is passed down from parent to offspring through DNA ( Born with it) .
a)
Recessive allele
b)
Inherited Trait 
c)
Aquired Trait
d)
Learned Trait
8.
Two differnt alleles for a trait.
a)
Heterozygous
b)
Homozygous
c)
Dominant allele
d)
Recessive allele
9.
Characteristic.
a)
Trait
b)
Allele
c)
Gene
d)
Heredity
10.
Segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for specific trait.
a)
Gene
b)
Trait
c)
Allele
d)
Genetics
11.
Two of the same alleles for a trait
a)
Homozygous
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Allele
d)
Gene
12.
Trait that is masked or covered up.
a)
Ressesive 
b)
Dominant 
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
13.
A person's Phenotype is the ___________.
a)
set of genes 
b)
passing of traits 
c)
physical expression of the gene 
d)
allele represented by a capital letter
14.
What is NOT an inhereted trait?
a)
eye color
b)
hair color
c)
skin color 
d)
playing the trumpet
15.
An allele for a dominant trait i represented by _______.
a)
symbols
b)
numbers
c)
capital letters
d)
lowercase letters
16.
An allele for a recessive trait is represented by  __________________.
a)
symbols 
b)
numbers 
numbers
c)
capital letters 
d)
lower case letters
17.
Name the following 
AA
a)
Homozygous Dominant 
b)
Homozygous Ressessive
c)
Heterzygous
d)
Heterozygous Dominant
18.
What is  
Aa
a)
Homozygous Domminant 
b)
Homozygous Ressesive 
c)
Heterzygous
d)
Heterozygous Dominnat
19.
If the dominat trait is Tall and the resessive trait is short, what is the phenotype  of Tt?
a)
Tall
b)
Short
c)
Medium
20.
Who discovered Genetics and how?
a)
Mendel, experimenting on pea plants
b)
Mandel, experimenting on rats 
c)
Maron, experimenting on cats
d)
Mendila, observing humans