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Unit Five: Diversity of Life Vocabulary

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

a)

sexual reproduction

b)

asexual reproduction

2.

Reproduction that involves two parents and produces offspring different from parents

a)

sexual reproduction

b)

asexual reproduction

3.

a genetic trait that is blocked by the presence of a dominant trait; must have two copies of the recessive gene for the trait to be expressed

a)

recessive trait

b)

dominant trait

c)

co-dominant trait

4.

A trait that is expressed in a person even if they only have one copy of the gene associated with the trait.

a)

recessive trait

b)

dominant trait

c)

heterozygous trait

5.

An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

punnett square

6.

genetic makeup of an organism

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

punnett square

7.

having two identical alleles for a trait

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

genetics

8.

having two different alleles for a trait

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

DNA

9.

Sections of information in DNA called genes; each gene tells the cell how to make a certain protein that determines a trait such as the color of the eyes.

a)

gene

b)

allele

c)

phenotype

d)

genotype