Q4 Grade 8 Genetics

1. The passing of genetic material from parent to offspring.

• Genetics

• Biology

• Heredity

• Traits

2. It is a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross.

• Punnett Square

• Circular Table

• Hexagonal Boxes

• Wheel of Traits

It is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

4. An allele that is masked ( hidden ) when a dominant allele is present.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

5. It is an organism's physical appearance or visible traits

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous

6. He is the father of Genetics.

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Hooke

• Carl Linnaeus

• Aristotle

It is a sequence of DNA that codes for a particular characteristics.

• Gene

• Trait

• Chromosomes

• Allele

It is the different version of a gene.

• Gene

• Chromosomes

• Allele

• Trait

You can learn why your hair is straight or curly if you study Genetics.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the homozygous allele. Check all that apply.

• Rs

• XX

• Bb

• aa