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WorksheetsMeiosis and Mendel Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
sex cells (egg, sperm, pollen)
a)
games
b)
gamete
c)
somatic
d)
neurons
2.
all the cells that make up an organism except for the gametes
a)
glial
b)
gametes
c)
somatic
d)
neurons
3.
Chromosomes that are similar in size, shape, and genetic content; in a homologous pair, one chromosome came from each of two parents
a)
homologous chromosomes
b)
chromatids
c)
zygote
d)
alleles
4.
chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of an organism
a)
homologous chromosomes
b)
somatic cells
c)
autosomes
d)
sex chromosomes
5.
Contain genes that will determine the sex of an individual
a)
somatic cells
b)
gametes
c)
autosomes
d)
sex chromosomes
6.
A form of cell division that halves the number of chromosomes when forming reproductive cells
a)
sister chromatids
b)
mitosis
c)
meiosis
d)
budding
7.
exchange of chromosome segments between homologous chromosomes
a)
crossing over
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
heterozygous
d)
autosomes
8.
characteristics that are inherited
a)
alleles
b)
homologous chromosomes
c)
traits
d)
purebred
9.
the study of inheritance patterns and variation in organisms
a)
biology
b)
genetics
c)
statistics
d)
chemistry
10.
organism whose ancestors are genetically uniform
a)
mutation
b)
mixed breed
c)
heterozygous
d)
purebred
11.
organisms only donate one copy of a gene to their gametes
a)
law of segregation
b)
law of independent assortment
c)
crossing over
d)
meiosis
12.
a piece of DNA that provides a set of instructions to a cell to make a certain protein
a)
splicesome
b)
introns
c)
genes
d)
chromosome
13.
alternative forms of a gene
a)
traits
b)
alleles
c)
phenotype
d)
chromosome
14.
A genotype in which the two alleles are the same
a)
divergent
b)
heterozygous
c)
homozygous
d)
convergent
15.
A set of alleles that an individual has for a trait or characteristic
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
c)
karyotype
d)
gametes
16.
The physical appearance of a trait or characteristic
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
c)
genetic code
d)
RNA
17.
The expressed form of the trait when two different alleles appear together
a)
recessive
b)
redundant
c)
repetitive
d)
dominant
18.
The trait not expressed when the dominant form is present
a)
excessive
b)
genetic code
c)
recessive
d)
dominant
19.
allele pairs separate independently of each other during meiosis
a)
law of segregation
b)
law of independent assortment
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
20.
A genotype in which the two alleles are different
a)
homozygous
b)
heterozygous
c)
divergent
d)
convergent
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