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Life Science, Tuesday Exit Ticket, 1.8.19

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called . . .

a)

biology

b)

genetics

c)

heredity

d)

immunology

2.

The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring is called . . .

a)

genetics

b)

heredity

c)

microbiology

d)

zoology

3.

In pea plants, a plant with at least one gene for tall will be tall because tall height is _____.

a)

a codominant trait

b)

a dominant trait

c)

an incompletely dominant trait

d)

a recessive trait

4.

A pea plant must have two genes for short to be short because short height is _____.

a)

a codominant trait

b)

a dominant trait

c)

an incompletely dominant trait

d)

a recessive trait

5.

A section on a chromosome that contains the DNA for a single trait is called . . .

a)

a gene

b)

a genotype

c)

a phenotype

d)

a ribosome

6.

The different forms of a gene for a trait, such as tall or short height are called . . .

a)

alleles

b)

chromosomes

c)

genotypes

d)

phenotypes

7.

The trait that appears in an offspring is called its . . .

a)

allele

b)

genome

c)

genotype

d)

phenotype

8.

The two alleles an offspring has for a trait are called its . . .

a)

autotype

b)

genotype

c)

mesotype

d)

phenotype

9.

When an offspring has two of the same alleles for a gene, such as RR or rr, it is _____ for that trait.

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

c)

hybrid

d)

pasteurized

10.

When an offspring has two different alleles for a trait, such as Rr, it is _____ for that trait.

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

c)

purebred

d)

thoroughbred