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Unit 2 Module 1 Lesson 1 Part 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

What is a phenotype?

a)

a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

b)

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

c)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

d)

how a trait appears or is expressed.

2.

What is a recessive trait?

a)

a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

b)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

c)

a different form of a gene

d)

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

3.

What is a genotype?

a)

a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

b)

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

c)

the study of how traits are passed from parents ot offspring.

d)

how a trait appears or is expressed

4.

What are genetics?

a)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

b)

a different form of a gene

c)

the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

d)

how a trait appears or is expressed.

5.

What is heredity?

a)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

b)

a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

c)

the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

d)

a different form of a gene

6.

What are alleles?

a)

how a trait appears or is expressed

b)

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

c)

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

d)

a different form of a gene

7.

What is a dominant trait?

a)

a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant trait

b)

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

c)

how a trait appears or is expressed

d)

a different form of a gene

8.

What is a gene?

a)

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

b)

a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

c)

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

d)

a section of DNA on a chromosome that has gentic information for one trait