Genetics Key Terms

Genetics Key Terms

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Genetics Key Terms

Genetics Key Terms

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS3-1, MS-LS3-2, HS-LS4-3

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An allele that is masked or covered up by the presence of a dominant allele is ____.

recessive

dominant

hybrid

heterozygous

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Different forms of genes are called ____.

alleles

phenotype

genotype

homologous chromosomes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is another way of saying pure/purebred?

homozygous

dominant

recessive

heterozygous

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The physical appearance of an organism's traits is referred to as ____.

genotype

heredity

phenotype

trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A genotype with alleles that are different from each other is ____.

homozygous

heterozygous

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does a Punnett Square do?

Show the possible genotypes

Determine the possible phenotypes

Predict offspring traits

All of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is another way of saying hybrid?

homozygous

dominant

recessive

heterozygous

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