Quarter 4: Lesson 4

Question 1

The ___ is the study of heredity and variation of organisms.

Answer 1

Genetics

Question 2

the study of transfer of traits from the parents to offspring is ___

Answer 2

Heredity

Question 3

inheritance of ___ is controlled by genes

Answer 3

traits

Question 4

the ___ are always in pair which determine the maternal and paternal trait

Answer 4

genes

Question 5

the ___ cross involves a cross using a single factor or character trait

Answer 5

monohybrid

Question 6

the ___ cross involves a cross using two character traits

Answer 6

dihybrid

Question 7

In genetics, the two factors mentioned by Mendel are called Alleles. These alleles could be dominant or ___.

Answer 7

recessive

Question 8

The Law of ___ states that one member of the pair of factors or genes may mask or hide the appearance of the other genes.

Answer 8

dominance

Question 9

The ___ can be represented by a pair of letters called genotype.

Answer 9

alleles

Question 10

The ___ refers to the genetic composition for a trait of an organism.

Answer 10

genotype

Question 11

The ___ is the observable trait or visible feature of the organism.

Answer 11

phenotype

Question 12

Similar alleles are called ___ while dissimilar alleles are called heterozygous.

Answer 12

homozygous

Question 13

The Law of ___ states that during gamete formation, all the pairs of genes for all traits of an organism separate from each other.

Answer 13

segregation

Question 14

The Law of ___ states that the distribution of one pair of genes is independent of the distribution of the other pair.

Answer 14

independent assortment

Question 15

The ___ is a diagram that allows us to determine the possible combinations of genes in a given cross.

Answer 15

punnett square