WorksheetsGenetics Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Study of heredity
genetics
genes
family tree
generations
Passing of traits from parents to offspring
genetics
heredity
genes
generations
A section of a chromosome that carries the information for a specific trait like hair color or eye color
heredity
generation
gene
allele
Different forms of a gene like different eye colors
traits
genetics
chromosomes
alleles
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor -- represented by a capital letter
recessive trait
dominant trait
homozygous
heterozygous
A genetic factor blocked by another genetic factor -- represented by a lowercase letter
recessive trait
dominant trait
homozygous
heterozygous
How a trait PHYSICALLY appears in an organism
heterozygous
homozygous
phenotype
genotype
How different combinations of alleles describe the GENETIC makeup of an organism
genotype
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
If two identical alleles are inherited, then an organism is ___ for that trait.
genotype
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous
If two different alleles are inherited by an organism, then an organism is ___ for that trait.
homozygous
heterozygous
genotype
phenotype
A model used to predict all the possible genotypes and phenotypes of an organism's offspring
genes
Punnett Square
sculpture
Mendel's Square
A change in the original DNA sequence during replication
dominant
recessive
mutation
alteration
