7th - Science Genetics Vocal

Question 1

The type of reproduction in which the genetic material from two different cells - a sperm and an egg - combine producing an offspring?

Answer 1

Sexual reproduction

Question 2

The type of reproduction in which one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization?

Answer 2

Asexual reproduction

Question 3

The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring?

Answer 3

Genetics

Question 4

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor ?

Answer 4

Dominant Trait

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Recessive Trait

Question 6

A form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a piece of the parent?

Answer 6

Animal Regeneration

Question 7

A form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent plant?

Answer 7

Vegetative Reproduction

Question 8

A type of asexual reproduction performed in a laboratory that produces identical individuals from a cell or a cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organisms?

Answer 8

Cloning

Question 9

How a trait appears or is expressed?

Answer 9

Phenotype

Question 10

The alleles of all the genes on an organism’s chromosomes; controls an organism’s phenotype?

Answer 10

Genotype

Question 11

A permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides, in a gene or a chromosome?

Answer 11

Mutation

Question 12

The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits?

Answer 12

Selective Breeding