WorksheetsGenetics and hereditary vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring
Hereditary
Gene
Allele
Genotype
One set of instructions for an inherited trait
Gene
Allele
Hereditary
Genotype
One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color
Allele
Hereditary
Gene
Genotype
The entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits
Genotype
Phenotype
Allele
Gene
An organism’s appearance or other detectable characteristic
phenotype
Gene
Hereditary
Allele
In genetics, describes an allele that is fully expressed whenever the allele is present in an individual
Dominant
Recessive
Incomplete dominant
Codominance
Describes an allele that will be masked unless the organism is homozygous for the trait
Recessive
Dominant
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Incomplete dominate is A condition in which 2 alleles are express such that the phenotype of a heterozygous parents
True
False
Codominance is a condition in which to alleles are expressed such that the phenotype of a heterozygous individual is a combination of the phenotypes of two homozygous parents
True
False
The first result of the parents
First generation
Second generation
Third generation
Fourth generation
The second generation is the results of the first generation
True
False
An organism with two dominant or two recessive alleles
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Complete dominance
An organism that has one dominant and one recessive allele
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Dominant
Allele
Complete dominance is when one trait is completely dominant over another
True
False
A graphic used to predict the results of genetic cross
Punnette square
Second generation
Dominant
Recessive
The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event
Probability
Ratio
Pedigree
Trait
A ratio is a comparison of two numbers using division
Ratio
Dominant
Probability
Trait
A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic traits in several generations of a family
Pedigree
Probability
Punnette square
Ratio
Different forms (for example blue eyes, blonde hair)
Traits
Ratio
Probability
Pedigree
