3.1 Mendel and His Peas

Question 1

the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

Answer 1

heredity

Question 2

have both male and female reproductive structures. pollen from flower from one plant can fertilize the the ovule of the same flower or the ovule of another flower on the same plant

Answer 2

self-pollinating

Question 3

self-pollinates and all of it’s offspring

Answer 3

true-breeding

Question 4

pollen from one plant to the other fertilizes the ovule of a flower on different plant

Answer 4

cross-pollination

Question 5

feature that has different forms in a population

Answer 5

characteristic

Question 6

the difference between forms

Answer 6

trait

Question 7

the offspring from the first cross

Answer 7

first-generation plants

Question 8

the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits bred

Answer 8

dominant trait

Question 9

a trait that reappears in the second generation after disapearing in the first generation when parents with different traits bred

Answer 9

recessive trait

Question 10

relationship between two different numbers that is expressed often as a fraction

Answer 10

ratio

Question 11

to back off or go away

Answer 11

recede