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WorksheetsGenetics Vocab
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Deoxyribonucleic acid; an organism's genetic material. It is in the shape of a double-helix.
a)
DNA
b)
Diploid
c)
Genetic variation
d)
Nucleotides
2.
Made of DNA and proteins. A long, coiled strand of DNA.
a)
Chromosome
b)
Dominant trait
c)
Phenotype
d)
Genetic variation
3.
A molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group. There are four nitrogen bases, abbreviated as A, T, C, and G.
a)
Nucleotide
b)
Meiosis
c)
Diploid
d)
Genetic variation
4.
A section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.
a)
Gene
b)
Nucleotide
c)
Haploid
d)
Homozygous
5.
Has pairs of chromosomes
a)
Diploid cell
b)
Haploid cell
c)
Traits
d)
Dominant trait
6.
Genetic material from two different cells, a sperm and an egg, combine to produce offspring
a)
Sexual reproduction
b)
Asexual reproduction
c)
Nucleotide
d)
Mitosis
7.
Has only one chromosome from each pair
a)
Haploid cell
b)
Diploid cell
c)
Offspring
d)
Population
8.
One parent organism produces offspring without fertilization
a)
Asexual reproduction
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Meiosis
d)
Diploid cell
9.
Qualities or features of an organism
a)
Traits
b)
Population
c)
Natural selection
d)
Haploid
10.
The result of both kinds of reproduction; a child
a)
Offspring
b)
Dominant trait
c)
Asexual reproduction
d)
Sexual reproduction
11.
Members of the same species living in the same place at the same time
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Sexual reproduction
d)
Ecosystem
12.
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
a)
Dominant trait
b)
Recessive trait
c)
Haploid cell
d)
Diploid cell
13.
A process during which the nucleus and its contents divide once
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Phenotyope
d)
Adaptation
14.
Different forms of a gene
a)
Alleles
b)
Gametes
c)
Sperm
d)
Egg
15.
A process in which one diploid cell divides to make four haploid sex cells
a)
Meiosis
b)
Mitosis
c)
Phenotyope
d)
Adaptation
16.
The alleles of all the genes on an organism's chromosomes.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotyope
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
17.
For one trait this is represented like: TT, Tt, tt
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotyope
c)
Mitosis
d)
Meiosis
18.
How a trait appears or is expressed
a)
Phenotyope
b)
Genotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
19.
An inherited trait that increases an organism's chances of survival
a)
Adaptation
b)
Population
c)
Natural selection
d)
Animal husbandry
20.
A genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same
a)
Homozygous
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Dominant trait
d)
Recessive trait
21.
A genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different
a)
Heterozygous
b)
Homozygous
c)
Dominant trait
d)
Recessive trait
22.
Name this flying reptile.
a)
Quetzalcoatlus
b)
Dimetrodon
c)
Archaeopteryx
d)
Aerodactylus
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