Chapter 3

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

Question 2

Genetics

Answer 2

The scientific study of heredity

Question 3

Fertilization

Answer 3

A new organism begins to form when cells join

Question 4

Purebred

Answer 4

Organism of the offspring of many generations that have the same from of trait

Question 5

Gene

Answer 5

Describe the factors that control a trait

Question 6

Alleles

Answer 6

Are the different forms of a gene

Question 7

Dominate allele

Answer 7

Trait always shows up in organism

Question 8

Recessive allele

Answer 8

Is hidden when the dominant allele is around

Question 9

Probability

Answer 9

A number that describes how many times something will occur

Question 10

Punnnett square

Answer 10

A cahrt that shows all the possible ways allele can combine

Question 11

Homozygous

Answer 11

Identically allies traits

Question 12

Heterozygous

Answer 12

An organism that has two different alleles

Question 13

Phenotype

Answer 13

Psychical apprence or visible traits

Question 14

Genotype

Answer 14

It’s genetic makeup or alleles

Question 15

Meiosis

Answer 15

Is the process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half as sex cells form