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Genetics vocabulary Warm-Up

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.
a)
heredity
b)
trait
c)
gene
d)
allele
2.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
3.

When an organism has two different alleles for a trait. Symbolized with an uppercase and a lower case letter: Aa, Bb, Tt, etc...

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Trait

d)

Phenotype

4.
When the two alleles of a gene are the same, its genotype is
a)
holozygous
b)
homozygous
c)
heterozygous
d)
hematozygous
5.

Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait. . Symbolized with a capital letter.

a)

Recessive

b)

Allele

c)

Gene

d)

Dominant

6.

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations. Uses letters to describe it.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Recessive

d)

Punnet square

7.

Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear. Symbolized with a lower-case letter.

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Homozygous

8.

a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

a)

Trait

b)

Punnet Square

c)

offspring

d)

Dominant

9.
What is the genotype?
A green wrinkled pea plant  RR has two dominant alleles
a)
wrinkled pea plant
b)
allelels
c)
RR
d)
green
10.
what is the phenotype?
A green wrinkled  pea plant RR has two dominant alleles
a)
RR
b)
dominant
c)
green wrinkled
d)
alleles
11.

What are the chances that the offspring will have homozygous recessive traits?

a)

1 in 4

b)

3 out of 4

c)

75%

d)

50%

12.

What is the dominant trait here?

a)

Bb

b)

Recessive eyes

c)

Blue eyes

d)

Brown eyes