Heredity & Genetics

Question 0

Homozygous

Answer 0

If two traits for a gene are the same

Question 1

Define

Heterozygous

Answer 1

If two traits for a gene are different

Question 2

Define

Dominant

Answer 2

Trait seen most often

Question 3

Define

Recessive

Answer 3

Trait seen less often

Question 4

Define

Alleles

Answer 4

Variation of a gene

Question 5

Define

Pure trait

Answer 5

Trait that appears in every offspring in every generation

Question 6

Define

Hybrid trait

Answer 6

Produced from parents with contrasting forms

Question 7

Define

Heredity

Answer 7

Study of how traits are passed from generation to generation

Question 8

Genetics

Answer 8

Science of heredity

Question 9

Define

Genes

Answer 9

DNA units that control a trait

Question 10

Genotype

Answer 10

Set of Alleles for a trait

Question 11

Define

Phenotype

Answer 11

The trait that’s seen

Question 12

Define

Double helix

Answer 12

Structure of DNA- twister ladder

Question 13

Define

DNA

Answer 13

Chemical that directs heredity

Question 14

Define

Punnet square

Answer 14

Diagram that predicts the outcome of reproduction

Question 15

If the two traits for a gene are the same they are called

Answer 15

Homozygous

Question 16

If the traits for a gene are different they are called

Answer 16

Heterozygous

Question 17

Are dominant traits seen more or less often than recessive traits

Answer 17

They’re seen more often than recessive traits

Question 18

What is the trait that is seen in an organism called

Answer 18

Phenotype

Question 19

Offspring produced from parents with contrasting traits is called

Answer 19

Hybrid

Question 20

What explains the pattern of inheritance

Answer 20

Genetics

Question 21

All the combinations of alleles is termed

Answer 21

Genotype

Question 22

Which of me Mendals’ laws involves meiosis

Answer 22

Law of segregation

Question 23

Which of mendals’ laws involve fertilization

Answer 23

Law of recombination

Question 24

Is the dominant trait always superior to the recessive trait

Answer 24

Not always

Question 25

The two genes that control a trait separate during meiosis is the law of

Answer 25

Segregation

Question 26

During fertilization two genes unite to create the traits of an organism is the law of

Answer 26

Recombination

Question 27

The act of one trait masking the other is the law of

Answer 27

Dominance

Question 28

If mom has type O blood and dad has type B, what type will the child have

Answer 28

Type B

Question 29

If mom has type A and dad has type B, what type will the child have

Answer 29

Type AB

Question 30

If mom has type B blood and dad has type O, what type will the child have

Answer 30

Type B

Question 31

If mom has pure brown eyes and dad has pure blue, what color will the child have

Answer 31

Hybrid brown

Question 32

If mom and dad both have hybrid brown eyes what is the ratio of eye color for the children

Answer 32

3:1

Question 33

In the structure of DNA if one base is adenine the other base is

Answer 33

Thymine

Question 34

In the structure of DNA if one base is cytosine the other base is

Answer 34

Guanine