Genetics Vocabulary
Authored by David Hammond
Biology
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is genetics?
The study of how traits are passed to offspring
The study of living things
The study of diseases
The study of the human body
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who developed genetic ideas using experiments with pea plants?
Albert Einstein
Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Robert Hooke
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of gene is represented by a capital letter?
Expressive
Repressive
Dominant
Recessive
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of gene is represented by a lowercase letter?
Expressive
Repressive
Dominant
Recessive
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An organism with 2 of the same alleles for a trait is said to be
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Heterowhatsis
Hybrid
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An organism with 2 different alleles for a trait is said to be
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Heterowhatsis
Purebred
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is true?
A gene is made of many chromosomes.
Genes and chromosomes are the same.
A chromosome is made of many genes.
Chromosomes are only inherited from the female parent.
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
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