3.2 Genetics Vocabulary

What is a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor?

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Hybrid

• Purebred

Which branch of biology deals with characteristics inherited from one generation to the next?

• Botany

• Zoology

• Genetics

• Ecology

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What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called?

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Heredity

• Adaptation

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What is a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor?

• Recessive

• Hybrid

• Purebred

• Trait

What term describes a distinguishing quality, trait, or feature of an individual or thing?

• Offspring

• Characteristic

• Inherit

• Hybrid

What is a distinguishing quality or characteristic called?

• Trait

• Offspring

• Inherit

• Cross Pollination

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What term refers to the young born of living organisms?

• Hybrid

• Trait

• Offspring

• Purebred

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What does it mean to receive something from someone who came before you?

• Cross Pollination

• Inherit

• Self-Pollination

• Hybrid

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What is pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant?

• Cross Pollination

• Self-Pollination

• Hybridization

• Inheritance

What is pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant reaches the pistil of a flower from a different plant?

• Self-Pollination

• Cross Pollination

• Hybridization

• Inheritance