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genetics terminology 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

DNA containing structure

a)

Gene

b)

Phenotype

c)

Chromosome

d)

Allele

2.

Section of a chromosome for a specific trait

a)

Allele

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Gene

d)

Chromosome

3.

Different forms of a gene passed from one generation to another

a)

Allele

b)

Homozygous

c)

Phenotype

d)

Dominant

4.

Stronger(appeared in F1 Gen) Represented by a capital letter

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Genotype

5.

Weaker allele( Was masked in F1 gen.) Represented by a lowercase letter.

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Law of independent assortment

d)

Genotype

6.

individual with 2 of the same alleles(ex, RR or rr)

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Phenotype

c)

Gene

d)

Homozygous

7.

Individual with 1 of each alleles (Ex, Rr)

a)

Homozygous

b)

Chromosome

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Dominant

8.

Physical appearance of an individual

a)

Phenotype

b)

Genotype

c)

Gene

d)

Chromosome

9.

Allele pairs of an individual(ex, RR, rr, Rr

a)

Law of independent assortment

b)

Law of segregation

c)

Genotype

d)

Recessive

10.

Alleles separate during meiosis

a)

Law of independent assortment

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Phenotype

11.

Alleles are placed randomly in gametes

a)

Law of Independent Assortment

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Phenotype

d)

Gene

12.

Who is the father of Genetics?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Charles Darwin

13.

_______ is the science of passing on physical characteristics from one generation to another

a)

Biology

b)

Physiology

c)

Genetics

d)

All of the above

14.

______ is the generation where mendel crossed a green seed plant with a yellow seed plant

a)

Parent

b)

F1

c)

F2

15.

_____ is the generation that had all yellow seeds

a)

Parent

b)

F1

c)

F2

16.

_____ is the generation where the seeds came back (3:1 ratio)- 75% yellow 25% green

a)

Parent

b)

F1

c)

F2

17.

What is this?

(a)