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Mendelian Genetics Vocabulary Part 1

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

The passing of traits from one generation to the next is called

a)

genetics

b)

law of independent assortment

c)

genotype

d)

inheritance

2.

Crossing two individuals from the first filial (F1) generation results in the

a)

first filial (F1) generation

b)

hybrid

c)

second filial (F2) generation

d)

parent (p) generation

3.

For a rose to be white, it must have

a)

homozygous dominant alleles for color

b)

a single allele for white color

c)

heterozygous alleles for color

d)

homozygous recessive alleles for color

4.

the science of heredity

a)

genetics

b)

trait

c)

hybrid

d)

heterozygous

5.

the specific characteristic of an organism

a)

genetics

b)

trait

c)

hybrid

d)

homozygous

6.

the offspring from a cross between true-breeding parents with different traits

a)

homozygous

b)

genotype

c)

phenotype

d)

hybrid

7.

an organism with different alleles for a specific trait

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

dominant

d)

recessive

8.

the observable characteristic that is expressed as a result of an allele pair

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

hybrid

d)

genetics

9.

an organism's allele pairs

a)

hybrid

b)

phenotype

c)

genotype

d)

heterozygous

10.

the parent generation

a)

P generation

b)

F1 generation

c)

F2 generation

d)

F3 generation

11.

the offspring of P or parent cross

a)

P generation

b)

F1 generation

c)

F2 generation

d)

F3 generation