WorksheetsLife Science, Tuesday Exit Ticket, 1.8.19
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called . . .
biology
genetics
heredity
immunology
The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring is called . . .
genetics
heredity
microbiology
zoology
In pea plants, a plant with at least one gene for tall will be tall because tall height is _____.
a codominant trait
a dominant trait
an incompletely dominant trait
a recessive trait
A pea plant must have two genes for short to be short because short height is _____.
a codominant trait
a dominant trait
an incompletely dominant trait
a recessive trait
A section on a chromosome that contains the DNA for a single trait is called . . .
a gene
a genotype
a phenotype
a ribosome
The different forms of a gene for a trait, such as tall or short height are called . . .
alleles
chromosomes
genotypes
phenotypes
The trait that appears in an offspring is called its . . .
allele
genome
genotype
phenotype
The two alleles an offspring has for a trait are called its . . .
autotype
genotype
mesotype
phenotype
When an offspring has two of the same alleles for a gene, such as RR or rr, it is _____ for that trait.
heterozygous
homozygous
hybrid
pasteurized
When an offspring has two different alleles for a trait, such as Rr, it is _____ for that trait.
heterozygous
homozygous
purebred
thoroughbred
