4.1 and 4.2 Vocab Test Science

What is a gene?

• A cell containing genetic information

• Characteristics seen in you

• Various forms of the same gene

• A unit of heredity that codes for a particular product

What is heredity?

• Passing of genes from parent to offspring

• Various forms of the same gene

• The name for the genes a organism has

• Allele expressed in the phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is a allele?

• various forms of the same gene

• a type of cell

• An allele is a type of subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom.

• An allele is a chemical compound that is commonly used in food preservation.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

what is phenotype?

• Observable characteristics seen in you

• Name of the genes for the organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is genotype?

• The name for the genes an organism has.

• Observable traits seen in you

What is the definition for the word ''dominant''

• If only one Allele is expressed in the phenotype

• A allele that is expressed when only two copies are present

• A gene that is expressed in the phenotype

• A gene that is not expressed in the phenotype

What is Punnett square?

• parents' alleles might combine in offspring

• a relation between two quantities

• a tool used to predict offsprings traits

• a diagram used to study genetic information of offspring

What is a ratio?

• relationship between two quantities

• a comparison between two numbers

• a mathematical expression of a comparison

• 1/2,1/4,1/8,1/16

What is probability?

• the likelihood,or chance,of a specific outcome in relation to the total numbers of outcomes

• the ability to predict future events

• a measure of how often a event occurs

• a mathematical equation used to measure the likelihood or chance of a event of thing to happen and only used in math

What is percentage?

• is a ratio that compares a number to 100

• A fraction that represents a part as a whole

• a numerical value that represents a whole

• a way to compare two or more values