5 Written Questions

1. study of heredity
2. trait or characteristic that an organism received over their lifetime
3. thread like structures fond in the nucleus of a cell, it is a single piece of DNA that contain many genes, humans have 23 pairs
4. passing traits from parent to offspring
5. combination for a trait

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. gene that shows up less often in a cross ; represented by a lower case letter
   1. genes
   2. genetics
   3. recessive
   4. heredity
2. trait or characteristic that is determined by the organisms DNA and was inherited by their parents
   1. acquired trait
   2. heredity
   3. trait
   4. inherited trait
3. gene combination involving 2 dominant or 2 recessive genes. also called pure
   1. homozygous genotype
   2. phenotype
   3. genotype
   4. heterozygous genotype
4. the physical feature resulting from a genotype
   1. phenotype
   2. genetics
   3. heredity
   4. genotype
5. any characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring
   1. trait
   2. heredity
   3. DNA
   4. genes

5 True/False Questions

1. dominant → stronger or two genes expressed in the hybrid ; represented by a capitol letter

   True        False

2. genes → the set of molecules or sequence of DNA that codes for a protein, determines specific traits

   True        False

3. DNA → the set of molecules or sequence of DNA that codes for a protein, determines specific traits

   True        False

4. heterozygous genotype → gene combination involving 2 dominant or 2 recessive genes. also called pure

   True        False

5. alleles → the set of molecules or sequence of DNA that codes for a protein, determines specific traits

   True        False