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Genetics

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
a)
trait
b)
heredity
c)
I DONT KNOW!! LEAVE ME ALONE
d)
purebred
2.
a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
a)
Gene
b)
42
c)
Fertilization
d)
Trait
3.
the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
a)
Genetics
b)
Punnett square
c)
Cows
d)
Allels 
4.
the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
a)
Lizard
b)
genes
c)
Fertilization
d)
natural selection
5.
an animal bred from parents of the same breed or variety.
a)
slow
b)
genes
c)
hii
d)
purebred
6.
 a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
a)
light
b)
gene
c)
Sa Dude
d)
lib
7.
one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
a)
dont care
b)
allels
c)
hi 
d)
BLUE
8.
An allele that expresses its phenotypic effect even when heterozygous with a recessive allele; thus if A is dominant over a, then AA and Aa have the same phenotype.
a)
genes
b)
Dumbledore
c)
cheese
d)
Dominant alleles 
9.
an allele that produces its characteristic
phenotype only when its paired allele is  identical
a)
recessive allele 
b)
genes
c)
allele
d)
punnet square
10.
the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse).
a)
hybrid
b)
sudan
c)
genes
d)
phenotype
11.
the extent to which something is probable; the likelihood of something happening or being the case.
a)
phenotype
b)
dominant
c)
recessive 
d)
probability
12.
The                  is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
a)
punnet square
b)
hi
c)
genes 
d)
DNA
13.
the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
a)
dominat
b)
phenotype
c)
genotype
d)
RNA