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Genetics Overview

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of genes and how they are passed down from parents to offspring called?

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Heredity

d)

Genetics

2.

What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called?

a)

DNA

b)

Trait

c)

Heredity

d)

Phenotype

3.

What are units of heredity that contain the instructions for building and maintaining an organism called?

a)

DNA

b)

Trait

c)

Genes

d)

Phenotype

4.

What is a complex molecule that carries genetic information?

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Phenotype

d)

DNA

5.

What is a specific characteristic that is determined by a gene called?

a)

Co-dominant

b)

Trait

c)

Genetics

d)

Incomplete dominant

6.

What is a gene that is always expressed when present called?

a)

Recessive

b)

Trait

c)

Dominant

d)

Incomplete dominant

7.

What is a gene that is only expressed when two copies are present called?

a)

Genetics

b)

Incomplete dominant

c)

Dominant

d)

Recessive