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VOCAB #5; Genetics and Heredity II

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Offspring of two plants or animals with different forms of the same trait

a)

hybrid

b)

polygenic inheritance

c)

codominance

d)

incomplete dominance

2.

A permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides, in a gene or a chromosome.

a)

eukaryotic cell

b)

prokaryotic cell

c)

ribosome

d)

mutation

3.

An inheritance pattern in which multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait.

a)

codominance

b)

polygenic inheritance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

genetics

4.

An inheritance pattern in which an offspring phenotype is a blend of the parents’ phenotypes.

a)

codominance

b)

polygenic inheritance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

heredity

5.

The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material

a)

polygenic inheritance

b)

genetic engineering

c)

ethics

d)

selective breeding

6.

A tool that traces a trait through a family

a)

selective breeding

b)

genetic engineering

c)

pedigree

d)

hybrid

7.

An inheritance pattern in which both alleles can be observed in a phenotype.

a)

adaptation

b)

variation

c)

codominance

d)

incomplete dominance

8.

A set of moral obligations that define right and wrong in our practices and decisions

a)

polygenic inheritance

b)

pedigree

c)

selective breeding

d)

ethics

9.

The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits

a)

selective breeding

b)

genetic engineering

c)

pedigree

d)

hybrid

10.

How a trait appears or is expressed.

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

heterozygous

d)

homozygous

11.

The alleles of all the genes on an organism's chromosomes; controls an organism's phenotype.

a)

dominant trait

b)

genotype

c)

recessive trait

d)

homozygous

12.

Offspring of two plants or animals with same forms of the same trait

a)

hybrid

b)

codominance

c)

purebred

d)

genotype

13.

Student A tells Student B that he doesn't understand all this science stuff. Student B told him to find ....

a)

a principal

b)

a counselor

c)

a custodian

d)

Mrs. Blount!