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Chapter 5 Vocabulary: Genetics

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

a)

Heredity

b)

DNA

c)

Genetics

d)

RNA

2.

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.

a)

Dna

b)

Recessive

c)

Dominant

d)

Rna

3.

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

a)

DNA

b)

Genetics

c)

RNA

d)

None of the following

4.

A genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of another factor.

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Traits

d)

Genetics

5.

Any of the different forms of a gene.

a)

Genetics

b)

Allele

c)

Gene

d)

DNA

6.

Homozygous: An organisms genotype when the two alleles of a gene are the same

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Codominance: The Two alleles that control the pheno type of a trait.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

a)

None of the following

b)

Allele

c)

Phenotype

d)

Gene

9.

Occurs when an offsprings phenotype is a blend of the parents phenotypes.

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Phenotype

c)

Codominance

d)

Punnett Square

10.

How a trait appears or is expressed

a)

Phenotype

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Genotype

d)

Behavior

11.

The two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait.

a)

Traits

b)

Genetics

c)

Genotype

d)

Phenotype

12.

Occurs when multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait.

a)

Homozygous

b)

Polygenic Inheritance

c)

Heterozygous

d)

DNA

13.

Heterozygous: An organisms genotype when the two alleles of a gene are different

a)

False

b)

True

14.

A model used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring

a)

Richter Scale

b)

Phenotype

c)

Punnett Square

d)

None of the following.