Genetics Assessment Review

____________ is another name for deoxyribonucleic acid.

• Allele

• Codon (Amino Acid)

• DNA

• Trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Any changes that take place in the nucleus (often times said to be a mistake in the DNA) is referred to as a(n) _______________.

• gene

• allele

• trait

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Different forms of a gene are called _____________. These are represented by one of the letters of a genotype.

• amino acids

• alleles

• chromosomes

Two alleles that are the same for a trait (2 capital or 2 lower case) are called _____________. [Select 2 that apply.]

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• pure

• hybrid

Two different alleles (1 capital and 1 lower case) for a trait are __________________. [Select the 2 that apply.]

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• pure

• hybrid

__________ is the passing of traits from parents to a child.

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Gene

• Heredity

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

_______________ combine to make proteins. (Three nucleotides in a row make up one of these.)

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• Codons (amino acids)

• Alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

___________ are a segment of DNA that defines our traits. Humans have hundreds to thousands of these on each chromosome, totaling around 30,000.

• Traits

• Genes

• Chromosomes

• Alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A notable feature in a person or other organism that is passed from generation to generation is called a(n) ________.

• Punnett Square

• probability model

• trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

______________ are long strands of tightly coiled DNA.

• Alleles

• Traits

• Chromosomes

• Mutations