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WorksheetsGenetics Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells?
Fragmentation
Budding
Binary fission
What is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes?
Alleles
Genes
Trait
What is an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits?
Genotype
Acquired trait
Phenotype
Inherited trait
What is a means of asexual reproduction whereby a single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into whole new individuals.
Fragmentation
Budding
Binary fission
What is an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait?
Genes
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Inherited trait
What are DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission?
Genes
Alleles
Trait
Phenotype
What is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present?
Recessive
Dominant
Genotype
Phenotype
What is different forms of a gene?
Alleles
Trait
Genes
DNA
What is an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?
Heterozygous
Trait
Alleles
Homozygous
What is an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations?
Genotype
Inherited trait
Phenotype
Trait
What is a trait influenced by experience or the environment?
Acquired trait
Dominant
Inherited trait
Recessive
What is an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present?
Dominant
Inherited trait
Heterozygous alleles
Recessive
What is the material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics?
Genes
DNA
Trait
Alleles
What is an asexual reproduction in which a part of the parent organism pinches off and forms a new organism?
Fragmentation
Budding
Binary fission
What is a characteristic passed on from a parent to an offspring like eye or fur color?
Genotype
Inherited trait
Alleles
Acquired trait
