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WorksheetsGenetics vocabulary and practice
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What do TT, Tt, and tt represent?
Phenotype
Genotype
Homozygous dominant
Heterozygous
Which of the following is homozygous?
Rr
rr
phenotype
genotype
Which of the following describes the physical trait an individual has?
allele
genotype
phenotype
pedigree
What is the tool we use to show crosses between two individuals?
allele
genotype
pedigree
Punnett square
Which of the following is a section of DNA that carries instructions for making a protein?
gene
trait
phenotype
allele
Which of the following is a phenotype?
Aa
AA
Tall or short
a gene
What describes two or more versions of a gene?
phenotype
heterozygous
allele
genotype
Which of the following is homozygous dominant?
Bb
bb
Brown
BB
Which phenotype does a heterozygote show in simple inheritance?
the recessive phenotype
a mix between the dominant and recessive phenotype
the dominant phenotype
Which of the following is a tool we use to show how genes or conditions move through multiple generations?
pedigree
Punnett square
blood typing
genotype
What alleles does a heterozygote have?
two dominant alleles
one dominant and one recessive allele
two recessive alleles
Which of the following is an observable characteristic determined by the combination of two alleles?
gene
genotype
trait
allele
Which of the following is the genotype for oval eyes if oval eyes is the recessive phenotype? (alleles being used are R and r)
RR
rr
Rr
What is the phenotype of an individual who is homozygous dominant for a long nose where the recessive phenotype is a short nose?
LL
long nose
short nose
ll
If I want to find out if an individual is homozygous dominant or heterozygous, what would I cross it with?
a homozygous dominant individual
a heterozygous individual
an individual with any genotype
a homozygous recessive individual
What does it mean when a person on the pedigree is shaded in?
They have the trait we are looking at
They do not have the trait we are looking at
They are female
They are male
Who is person 1 to person 11?
Mother
Father
Grandmother
Grandfather
