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WorksheetsHeredity Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
Since human cells carry 2 copies of each chromosome (one from each parent), they have 2 versions of each gene; these versions of a gene are called ________ and can be dominant or recessive.
alleles
homologous chromosomes
genome
gene
The passing of traits from parent to offspring is known as
Heredity
Genetics
Hybrid
Probability
What does heterozygous mean?
An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)
An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)
When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
The different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red
A ____________ is a piece of DNA that codes for a trait and is the basic unit of heredity.
Allele
Gene
Dominant Trait
Recessive Trait
Is "short" a genotype or phenotype?
genotype
phenotype
rr-wrinkled
What is the phenotype for RR?
rr-wrinkled
What is the genotype for wrinkled?
b = blue eyes
What is true about these two brothers that have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB the other Bb.
Proteins determine our
intelligence
physical traits
DNA
genes
A section of DNA that codes for a protein.
