WorksheetsBio Genetics Vocab Study Guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Alternate form of a gene.
a)
trait
b)
gene
c)
allele
d)
gamete
e)
punnett square
2.
A segment of DNA that codes for a specific characteristic.
a)
trait
b)
gene
c)
allele
d)
gamete
e)
multiple alleles
3.
When you have a dominant and a recessive form of a gene.
a)
homozygous
b)
heterozygous
c)
phenotype
d)
genotype
e)
independent assortment
4.
A characteristic you inherit from your parents.
a)
genetics
b)
trait
c)
gene
d)
allele
e)
gamete
5.
When you have either 2 dominant or 2 recessive forms of a gene.
a)
homozygous
b)
heterozygous
c)
phenotype
d)
genotype
e)
multiple alleles
6.
What the organism physically looks like.
a)
trait
b)
homozygous
c)
heterozygous
d)
phenotype
e)
genotype
7.
The alleles the organism has.
a)
allele
b)
phenotype
c)
genotype
d)
multiple alleles
e)
polygenic traits
8.
Describes how different genes independently separate from one another when reproductive cells develop.
a)
genetics
b)
fertilization
c)
segregation
d)
independent assortment
e)
incomplete dominance
9.
This causes the phenotype to be blended.
a)
independent assortment
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
codominance
d)
multiple alleles
e)
polygenic traits
10.
This causes both phenotypes to be expressed.
a)
independent assortment
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
codominance
d)
multiple alleles
e)
polygenic traits
11.
the study of heredity
a)
genetics
b)
gamete
c)
probability
d)
independent assortment
e)
incomplete dominance
12.
sperm and egg fuse to form a diploid zygote
a)
genetics
b)
fertilization
c)
purebreed
d)
trait
e)
hybrid
13.
Organism that inherited a different allele from each parent.
a)
fertilization
b)
purebreed
c)
trait
d)
hybrid
e)
gene
14.
Organism that inherited the same alleles from each parent.
a)
genetics
b)
purebreed
c)
trait
d)
hybrid
e)
gene
15.
When alleles separate during gamete formation.
a)
allele
b)
segregation
c)
gamete
d)
punnett square
e)
independent assortment
16.
Sex cells.
a)
genetics
b)
fertilization
c)
gene
d)
allele
e)
gamete
17.
the chance that a certain event will occur
a)
gamete
b)
probability
c)
punnett square
d)
homozygous
e)
heterozygous
18.
a table in which all of the possible outcomes for a genetic cross between two individuals with known genotypes are given
a)
segregation
b)
gamete
c)
probability
d)
punnett square
e)
polygenic traits
19.
When three or more alleles control a trait
a)
gene
b)
allele
c)
independent assortment
d)
multiple alleles
e)
polygenic traits
20.
a characteristic, such as height or skin color, that is influenced by two or more genes.
a)
independent assortment
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
codominance
d)
multiple alleles
e)
polygenic traits
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