Heredity & Genetics Vocabulary

What is a different form of a single gene (one from each parent)?

• allele

• capital letter

• dominant trait

• gene

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What is the mathematical chance that an event will occur?

• heredity

• genotype

• phenotype

• probability

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What is the passing of traits from parent to offspring?

• heredity

• genotype

• phenotype

• probability

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What is an organism's physical appearance based on its genetic code (genotype)?

• heredity

• genotype

• phenotype

• probability

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What is a tool used to determine the probability (chance) of alleles being inherited from parents?

• Punnett Square

• Venn Diagram

• Bar Graph

• Line Chart

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What is a segment of DNA that carries genetic instructions and is passed from parents to offspring?

• allele

• capital letter

• dominant trait

• gene

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When an organism has two alleles that are the same (either both dominant or both recessive) for a specific trait. (Select 2)

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• hybrid

• purebred

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What is the trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited?

• allele

• capital letter

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

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What represents a recessive trait?

• lowercase letter

• capital letter

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What is an organism's gene combination (letter code)?

• genotype

• allele

• phenotype

• purebred

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