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Genetics Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are eye color traits passed from parents to their children?

a)

Heredity

b)

DNA

c)

Gene

d)

Chromosome

2.

Before a human cell starts the process of division, what are the packages of DNA called that form?

a)

Heredity

b)

DNA

c)

Genes

d)

Chromosomes

3.

What are segments of DNA that determine the traits of a tomato plant?

a)

Heredity

b)

DNA

c)

Genes

d)

Chromosomes

4.

Consider a pea plant in your garden. What is the term used to describe its genetic makeup?

a)

Phenotype

b)

Recessive Allele

c)

Genotype

d)

Dominant Allele

5.

Imagine a garden with various types of roses. Some roses are red, some are white, and others are pink. This variation in color among the roses is an example of what?

a)

Phenotype

b)

Recessive Allele

c)

Genotype

d)

Dominant Allele

6.

In a garden, there are flowers with different colors due to their genetic makeup. What is the term for the variation of a gene that is submissive, can be hidden, and is represented by a lowercase letter?

a)

Phenotype

b)

Recessive Allele

c)

Genotype

d)

Dominant Allele

7.

In a garden, there are two types of pea plants. One type always grows tall, while the other type remains short. The tallness trait is represented by a capital letter. What is this overpowering variation of a gene called?

a)

Phenotype

b)

Recessive Allele

c)

Genotype

d)

Dominant Allele

8.

In pea plants, what is a variation of a specific gene responsible for flower color?

a)

Allele

b)

Heredity

c)

Homozygous

d)

Chromosomes

9.

In a garden, there are flowers of a certain species that can have either red or white petals. The gene for petal color in this species has two alleles: R (red) and r (white). A flower with one allele for red petals and one allele for white petals will have pink petals. Which of the following genotypes of this flower species are heterozygous?

a)

Rr

b)

RR

c)

rr

10.

Consider a garden pea plant breeding experiment. Which of the following genotypes represent pure lines?

a)

Hh

b)

HH

c)

hh

11.

In a garden of Mendel's experiments, what genotype(s) would result in pea plants having purple flowers, considering purple is a dominant allele?

a)

Ff

b)

FF

c)

ff

12.

In a garden of Mendel's peas, what genotype(s) would result in peas having white flowers, considering white is a recessive allele?

a)

Ff

b)

FF

c)

ff

13.


In pea plants, the genotype "aa" would result  in a

a)

recessive trait

b)

dominant trait

14.

In a biology class, students are learning about inherited characteristics, such as facial features, eye color, hair color, skin color, or height. What term best describes these characteristics?

a)

traits

b)

genes

c)

codes

d)

offspring

15.

In the library of life, the correct relationship is

a)

books are made of libraries

b)

libraries are made of DNA

c)

DNA is made of libraries

d)

Shelves are made of DNA

16.

In a family of cats, H = tabby fur, h = white fur, 
So a cat with genotype "Hh" would have

a)

tabby fur

b)

white fur

c)

 A mix of tabby and white fur

d)

A lighter shade of tabby fur

17.

In the context of genetics, a segment of DNA that can code for a specific trait is known as a

a)

cell

b)

nucleus

c)

gene

d)

chromosome

18.

A type of reproduction that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Gene

d)

DNA

19.

In a garden, two different types of flowers are cross-pollinated by bees. This process combines their genetic material to produce a new flower variety that differs from both parent flowers.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Traits

c)

Asexual Reproduction

d)

Sexual Reproduction

20.

a tool used to predict the results from crossing 2 sets of allelles in a genetics lab experiment

a)

microscope

b)

Punnett square

c)

Jawsome trapezoid