Heredity

Question 1

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

Answer 1

Heredity

Question 2

The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred

Answer 2

Dominant Trait

Question 3

a trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred

Answer 3

recessive trait

Question 4

(in informal use) a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Answer 4

Genes

Question 5

one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Answer 5

Alleles

Question 6

the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

Answer 6

Phenotype

Question 7

the genetic constitution of an individual organism.

Answer 7

Genotype

Question 8

the extent to which something is probable; the likelihood of something happening or being the case.

Answer 8

Probability

Question 9

a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. Nucleotide’s form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.

Answer 9

Nucleotide