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Vocab Practice 2/12

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When cells divide we call the original cell the ___________ cell. The cells that come out at the end are called the _____________ cells.

a)

Parent, Daughter

b)

Momma, Papa

c)

Original, New

d)

First, Second

2.

The prefix "homo~" means _______________.

a)

Identical

b)

Similar

c)

Close to

d)

Different

3.

The prefix "hetero~" means different.

a)

Different

b)

Similar

c)

Exactly

d)

Almost

4.

When you have two alleles (alternate versions of the same gene) usually only one can be expressed. We call this allele the _______________ allele

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Pushy

d)

Tall

5.

Having two identical alleles of a particular gene.

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Dominant

d)

Recessive

6.

Having two different alleles of a particular gene.

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Dominant

d)

Recessive

7.

A gene that gets expressed in the organism whether or not its allele identical.

a)

Dominant Gene

b)

Recessive Gene

c)

Heterozygous Dominant

d)

Heterozygous Recessive

8.

A gene that doesn't get expressed in the organism unless its other allele is identical.

a)

Recessive Gene

b)

Dominant Gene

c)

Allele

d)

Gamete

9.

The male or female reproductive cell that contains half the genetic material of the organism. In humans these are either eggs or sperm.

a)

Gamete

b)

Allele

c)

Gene

d)

Dominant Gene

10.

When an organism carries two identical copies of the same dominant allele.

a)

Homozygous Dominant

b)

Heterozygous Dominant

c)

Homozygous Recessive

d)

Heterozygous Recessive

11.

When an organism carries two identical copies of the same recessive allele.

a)

Homozygous Recessive

b)

Homozygous Dominant

c)

Heterozygous Dominant

d)

Heterozygous Recessive

12.

Cell division that creates reproductive cells with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell.

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Cell Division

d)

Gamete

13.

Cell division that creates cells with the same number and kind of chromosomes of the original cell.

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

c)

Cell Division

d)

Gamete

14.

When one cell becomes two or more cells.

a)

Cell Division

b)

Dominant

c)

Mitosis

d)

Meiosis