Genetics Vocabulary
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Science
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7th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the basic unit of heredity that consists of a segment of DNA on a chromosome?
Back
Gene
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the likelihood or chance that a specific outcome will occur out of a total number of outcomes?
Back
Probability
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NGSS.HS-LS3-3
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a chart used to show all the ways genes from two parents can combine and be passed to offspring?
Back
Punnett Square
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What term describes an allele that is not expressed when combined with a dominant form of the allele?
Back
Recessive
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the genetic make-up of an organism; all the genes that an organism has?
Back
Genotype
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism?
Back
Phenotype
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the term for an allele that is expressed in the phenotype even when only one copy is present?
Back
Dominant
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