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Genetics and hereditary vocabulary quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring

a)

Hereditary

b)

Gene

c)

Allele

d)

Genotype

2.

One set of instructions for an inherited trait

a)

Gene

b)

Allele

c)

Hereditary

d)

Genotype

3.

One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

a)

Allele

b)

Hereditary

c)

Gene

d)

Genotype

4.

The entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Allele

d)

Gene

5.

An organism’s appearance or other detectable characteristic

a)

phenotype

b)

Gene

c)

Hereditary

d)

Allele

6.

In genetics, describes an allele that is fully expressed whenever the allele is present in an individual

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Incomplete dominant

d)

Codominance

7.

Describes an allele that will be masked unless the organism is homozygous for the trait

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Incomplete dominance

d)

Codominance

8.

Incomplete dominate is A condition in which 2 alleles are express such that the phenotype of a heterozygous parents

a)

True

b)

False

9.

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

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The first result of the parents

a)

First generation

b)

Second generation

c)

Third generation

d)

Fourth generation

11.

The second generation is the results of the first generation

a)

True

b)

False

12.

An organism with two dominant or two recessive alleles

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Complete dominance

13.

An organism that has one dominant and one recessive allele

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

c)

Dominant

d)

Allele

14.

Complete dominance is when one trait is completely dominant over another

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A graphic used to predict the results of genetic cross

a)

Punnette square

b)

Second generation

c)

Dominant

d)

Recessive

16.

The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event

a)

Probability

b)

Ratio

c)

Pedigree

d)

Trait

17.

A ratio is a comparison of two numbers using division

a)

Ratio

b)

Dominant

c)

Probability

d)

Trait

18.

A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic traits in several generations of a family

a)

Pedigree

b)

Probability

c)

Punnette square

d)

Ratio

19.

Different forms (for example blue eyes, blonde hair)

a)

Traits

b)

Ratio

c)

Probability

d)

Pedigree