Chapter 3 Book 2

Question 1

the passing of genetic traits from parent to oofspring

Answer 1

heredity

Question 2

the trait observed in the first generation

Answer 2

dominate trait

Question 3

a trait from the second generation

Answer 3

recessive trait

Question 4

one set of instructions for an inherited trait

Answer 4

gene

Question 5

one of the alliterative forms of a gene that govers a characteristic, such as hair color

Answer 5

allele

Question 6

an organisms apperence or other detectable characteristic

Answer 6

phenotype

Question 7

the entire genetic makeup of an organism also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits

Answer 7

genotype

Question 8

the chance of

Answer 8

probability

Question 9

chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same sequence

Answer 9

homologous chromosomes

Question 10

a process in cell division during which thee number of chromosomes

Answer 10

meiosis

Question 11

a pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an indivial

Answer 11

sex chromosome

Question 12

a diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of family

Answer 12

pedigree