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WorksheetsGenetics and Heredity
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 29mins
Genetics is the study of
Genes
Genes and Heredity
Living things
Heredity
Heredity is
the characteristics that make all humans alike.
the combination of information from your parents.
the passing of traits from one generation to the next.
what carries information about physical traits.
The person who discovered the rule of heredity
Nelson Mandela
Gregor Mendel
Isaac Newton
Harold Washington
Gregor Mendel bred what type of plant
(a)
Draw a Punnet square
A physical characteristic or trait to describe humans
backbone
fins
creates own food through photosynthesis
long tail
These carry the information that determine your physical traits
(a)
A factor that always "wins" or presents is called
(a)
A factor that gets hidden or least likely to present is called
dominant
allele
recessive
genotype
Draw an animal with the physical trait of pointy ears.
A physical trait passed on from one generation to the next is
offspring
inherited
recessive
Punnett square
What is a phenotype called if the two factors are identical (yy or YY)?
What is a phenotype called when the factors are different (Yy, or yY)?
Capital letters in genotypes (YY) represent
recessive alleles
dominant alleles
pea plants
a proper noun
Lowercase letters in genotypes (yy) represent
recessive alleles
dominant alleles
pea plants
a regular noun
Two parents transfer their traits and create
thoroughbred
hybrid
copy
offspring
True or False, offspring will always look exactly alike?
(a)
Draw a plant with the physical trait of yellow pedals.
True of False, you get both copies of your genes from one parent?
(a)
All living things have ___ copies of their genes.
One
Two
Four
Zero
The genotype Yy will result in a
dominant trait
generation
recessive trait
inherited trait
The factors that get passed on to each offspring is
completely random
always the same
never happerns
predictable
A factor in a gene is called an
(a)
The result of a genotype is known a
(a)
Draw any living thing with the physical trait of tall.
