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WorksheetsHeredity/Genetics
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 41mins
What is the scientific study of heredity?
Heredity
Genetics
Allele
What is the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next?
Genetics
DNA
Heredity
Nucleus
What is a segment of DNA found on a chromosome; determines the inheritance of a particular trait?
Gene
Allele
Heredity
DNA
What is the different possibilities for a given trait?
Gene
Allele
Heredity
Nucleus
What is a trait that will only exhibit when the dominant allele is not present.
DNA
Dominant
Recessive
Gregor Mendel studied heredity using _______ plants
rose
pea
berry
corn
____________ used plants to study the way traits are passed from parent to offspring
Mendel
Punnett
Sutton
The organism's appearance is known as its
heredity
pedigree
phenotype
genotype
Who is the Father of Genetics?
Darwin
Punnett
Mendel
_____________ describes a trait that covers over, or masks another form of that trait.
recessive
gene
allele
dominant
The letters representing the phenotype is called
phenotype
genotype
Different forms of a gene are called
alleles
traits
Two of the same alleles of the gene for a certain trait
heterozygous
homozygous
Two different alleles of the gene for a certain trait
homozygous
heterozygous
The allelle / (trait) that is "weaker". The offspring will not have the trait represented unless there are two of these.
recessive allele
dominant allele
co-dominant allele
How many chromosomes do humans have?
46
23
96
21
43
Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.
behavior
learned trait
inherited trait
acquired trait
Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell
Chloroplast
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Vacuole
What is the dominant eye color?
Blue
Green
Brown
Hazel
