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Genetics Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells?

a)

Fragmentation

b)

Budding

c)

Binary fission

2.

What is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes?

a)

Alleles

b)

Genes

c)

Trait

3.

What is an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits?

a)

Genotype

b)

Acquired trait

c)

Phenotype

d)

Inherited trait

4.

What is a means of asexual reproduction whereby a single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into whole new individuals.

a)

Fragmentation

b)

Budding

c)

Binary fission

5.

What is an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait?

a)

Genes

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous

d)

Inherited trait

6.

What are DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission?

a)

Genes

b)

Alleles

c)

Trait

d)

Phenotype

7.

What is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present?

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Genotype

d)

Phenotype

8.

What is different forms of a gene?

a)

Alleles

b)

Trait

c)

Genes

d)

DNA

9.

What is an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Trait

c)

Alleles

d)

Homozygous

10.

What is an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations?

a)

Genotype

b)

Inherited trait

c)

Phenotype

d)

Trait

11.

What is a trait influenced by experience or the environment?

a)

Acquired trait

b)

Dominant

c)

Inherited trait

d)

Recessive

12.

What is an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present?

a)

Dominant

b)

Inherited trait

c)

Heterozygous alleles

d)

Recessive

13.

What is the material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics?

a)

Genes

b)

DNA

c)

Trait

d)

Alleles

14.

What is an asexual reproduction in which a part of the parent organism pinches off and forms a new organism?

a)

Fragmentation

b)

Budding

c)

Binary fission

15.

What is a characteristic passed on from a parent to an offspring like eye or fur color?

a)

Genotype

b)

Inherited trait

c)

Alleles

d)

Acquired trait