WorksheetsGenetics Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Are recessive traits shown with capital or lowercase letters?
Capital
Lowercase
A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents
Mendel Grid
Genetic Tic Tac Toe
Punnett Square
Pedigree Plot
Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________.
predators to prey
water to rain
fungi to protists
parents to offspring
___________________________ is the field of science that studies of how traits are passed on, or inherited.
dominant traits
genetics
phenotype
ratio
The father of genetics.
Mendel
Kodak Black
Napolean
EM Tiffany
One gene from the pair is called an _______ - a form of the trait.
Homozygous gene
Chromosome
Allele
Trait
The trait that will always be expressed when present.
Inherited trait
Recessive trait
Dominant trait
Heterozygous Gene
When two alleles for a trait are the same, e.g. TT, or tt.
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Monohybrid cross
Hybrid
When two alleles for a trait are the different, e.g. Tt.
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Monohybrid cross
Hybrid
What is a gene?
An entire chromosome that codes for a trait
a piece of clothing
a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait
What is genotype?
physical appearance
genetic makeup of an organism
a mutation
cell division
What is phenotype?
physical appearance
genetic makeup of an organism
a mutation
cell division
Threadlike structure of nucleic acids and proteins found in the nucleus of most living cells carrying genetic information in the form of genes
Gene
Allele
Base Pair
Chromosome
When part of a DNA molecule is not copied during DNA replication.
Deletion Mutation
Mutation
Altered Base
DNA isolated
DNA is...
Dionic Rubo Acid
Helix of amino acids
Carrier of genetic information
Eukaryotic cell
The addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence
DNA altercation
DNA addition
Insertion addition
Insertion Mutation
Genetically determined characteristic
Trait
Gene
Allele
Chromesome
Substitution Mutation
Alters the DNA molecule
substitutes various genes
exchanges one base for another
compliments the RNA pair
Down-syndrome is an example of a _____________ in the 21st chromosome.
mutation
deletion
heterozygous
homozygous
What are the possible phenotypes in this punnett square?
Bb, bb, BB
Bb, bb
purple, white
light purple
