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Genetics vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is heredity

a)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

b)

passing strong traits

c)

passing recessive traits

d)

reproduction

2.

What is a dominant trait

a)

shows up in the first generation

b)

Shows up in later generation

c)

is represented by a lowercase letter

d)

is weak

3.

What is a recessive trait

a)

Appears in the first generation

b)

reappears in the second generation

4.

Who is Gregor Mendel

a)

discovered the principles of heredity while studying pea plants

b)

A failed scientist

c)

Someone who likes Peas

d)

The scientist who found continental drift

5.

What is a trait

a)

a fun game

b)

Something dogs eat

c)

a feature or characteristic that makes us who we are

6.

What is Pedigree

a)

A dog food brand

b)

traces a trait through many generations of a family

c)

A recessive trait

7.

What is DNA

a)

contains the information that determines the traits that an organism inherits, blueprint

b)

A piece of hair

8.

What is a Gene

a)

instructions for an inherited trait

b)

A pair of pants

9.

What is an allele

a)

A plant

b)

different forms of a gene

c)

A weird bug

10.

What is a phenotype

a)

the physical appearance

b)

The genes you can't see

11.

What is a genotype

a)

the physical appearance

b)

the genetic makeup of an individual

12.

What is probability

a)

the mathematical chance that something will happen

b)

A problem

c)

A name for a gene.

13.

What is homozygous

a)

Two alleles that are different

b)

has two alleles that are the same

14.

What is Heterozygous

a)

two alleles are different

b)

two alleles are the same

15.

What is a punnet square

a)

organizes all of the possible combinations of offspring from particular parents

b)

A cool square

c)

organizes all of the impossible combinations of offspring from particular parents

16.

What are chromosones made up of

a)

Made up of DNA and proteins, contains genetic information

b)

Human cells

17.

What are sex chromosomes

a)

Determines the eye color

b)

determines the sex of the offspring

c)

determines the hair color

18.

What is a carrier

a)

An individual that does not express a trait, but has the opportunity to pass on the allele to their offspring

b)

The carrier of the baby

19.

What are Sex-Linked traits

a)

A trait found on the sex chromosomes, mostly X

b)

A trait found on the sex chromosomes, mostly Y

c)

A trait of the parents.

20.

What is a co-dominant

a)

A trait that has both variations of alleles expressed in the phenotype

b)

A trait that has only one variations of alleles expressed in the phenotype