Heredity Quiz

What is a genotype?

• The physical characteristics of an organism.
• Referes to an organism's combination of alleles (ex. BB, Bb, bb)

• The environment in which an organism lives.
• The behavior of an organism.

What is a phenotype?

• The physical characteristics, or traits, of an individual organism (ex. blue eyes, brown fur, tall plant, smooth peas)

• The process of photosynthesis
• The study of fossils
• The genetic makeup of an organism

What do it mean to cross two organisms?

• Mixing two organisms' DNA in a test tube
• Playing music for two organisms simultaneously
• Sending two organisms on a vacation together
• Breeding two organisms together to produce offspring with desired traits.

What do heterozygous alleles look like?

• hh

• HH

• Hr

What do homozygous recessive alleles look like?

• hh

• HH

• Hr

What do homozygous dominant alleles look like?

• hh

• HH

• Hr

What is heredity?

• Heredity is the study of rocks formation
• Heredity is the process of photosynthesis in plants
• Heredity is the art of painting
• Heredity is the passing of traits from one generation to the next

A Punnett square is used to show possible _________ of a genetic cross.

• offspring

• combinations
• results
• possibilities

Curly hair is an example of a __________.

• phenotype

• genotype

Ll is an example of a __________.

• phenotype

• genotype