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Heredity Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A powerful trait that takes over if at least one allele is present - represented with a capital letter

(a)  

2.

An organism’s appearance or detectable characteristic

(a)  

3.

A genotype with two dominant alleles

(a)  

4.

A genotype with two different alleles (one dominant and one recessive)

(a)  

5.

One form of a trait inherited from one parent, written with one letter

(a)  

6.

A genotype with two recessive alleles

(a)  

7.

The genetic instructions for an inherited trait

(a)  

8.

A combination of letters that represents both inherited alleles

(a)  

9.

A hidden trait that is not seen unless both alleles are present

(a)  

10.

a feature that has different forms in a population

(a)  

11.

one of the the different forms a feature could have in a population

(a)  

12.

How would you label this genotype? BB

(a)  

13.

How would you label this genotype? bb

(a)  

14.

How would you label this genotype? Bb

(a)  

15.

In a population - are you more likely to see dominant traits OR recessive traits?

(a)