Genes/ Heredity

Front

What do the letters on the outside of the Punnett Square represent?

Back

parents

Front

What is the dominant trait in pea seeds?

Back

yellow pea seeds

Front

What is the allele that needs two copies to express the trait?

Back

recessive

Front

What do the letters on the inside of the Punnett Square represent?

Back

offspring

Front

What is a behavioral or physical characteristic that is passed from parents to their offspring?

Back

trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Front

What is the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics?

Back

genetics

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

What is the term for different forms of a gene?

Back

alleles

Front

What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

Back

genotype

Front

What is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism?

Back

phenotype

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Front

What is the term for a trait that is expressed even if only one allele is present?

Back

dominant