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WorksheetsGenetics Pedigree Lesson
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The study of ____ is called genetics
heredity
dominance
Create a Punnett square to help you answer the question below.
A) long in 100% of the offspring.
B) short in 100% of the offspring.
A) Dominant
C) Recessive
Who is known as the father or genetics?
Santa Clause
Gregor Mendel
Dwayne Johnson
Georg Washington
The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring
surgery
archeology
genetics
anthropology
Characteristics, like hair color and height are called traits
true
false
A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family.
Punnett square
Pedigree
Genetic disorder
The Law of Segregation
The study of the heredity and variation of organisms.
Cancer
Dominant traits
Genetics
Pedigrees
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (example: Bb)
Heterozygous
Homozygous
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (example: BB or bb).
Heterozygous
Homozygous
An organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations.
Chromosomes
Genetic disorder
Phenotype
Genotype
How many couples are shown in this pedigree?
1
4
7
3
An abnormal condition that a person inherits through their genes or chromosomes or through environmental factors that alter genes.
Disease
Inherit
Genetic disorder
Infection
An organism's physical appearance or visible traits.
Genotype
Punnett square
Phenotype
Genetic disorder
In a pedigree chart, what does a square symbol typically represent?
A male individual
A female individual
A carrier of a trait
An affected individual
