Genetics Vocab

1. ) What are the instructions telling our bodies how to function and develop?

• Chromosomes
• DNA
• Genes
• Allele

2.) What is genetics?

• The study of genes.
• The study of genetics.
• The study of heredity.
• The study of science.

3.) What are small segments of DNA in specific patterns?

• DNA
• Alleles
• Traits
• Gene

4.) Who is Gregor Mendel?

• A scientist and the father of heredity
• The father of genes
• A scientist who discovered allels
• A scientist who discovered cells

5.) Which of the following is the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• Genetics
• Allele
• Genes
• Heredity

6.) What makes you who you are?

• Heredity
• Cells
• Genes
• Chromosomes

7.) What is a feature or characteristic that is passed on from parent to offspring?

• Chromosome
• Trait
• Gene
• Allele

8.) A chromosome carries all _____________ used to help a cell grow, live and reproduce.

• Protein
• Information
• Building Blocks

9.) Which of the following is considered an allele?

• a chromosome within a gene
• a pattern within a cell
• a pattern in a gene
• a pattern in our clothes

10.) Chromosomes are made up of _____________.

• Genes
• DNA
• Alleles
• Traits