Chapter 3: Heredity

Question 0

The passing of inherited traits from parents to their offspring is called?

Answer 0

Heredity

Question 1

The father of genetics is _____.

Answer 1

Mendel

Question 2

Organisms produced by the crossing of parents having different forms of the same trait are _____.

Answer 2

Hybrids

Question 3

A _____ is a type of trait that appears in the hybrid generation.

Answer 3

Dominant

Question 4

A _____ is a type of trait that is masked in the hybrid generation.

Answer 4

Recessive trait

Question 5

The study of how heredity works is _____.

Answer 5

Genetics

Question 6

An _____ is any characteristic passed from parent to offspring.

Answer 6

Inherited trait

Question 7

The transfer of pollen grains from the male part of the flower to the female part of is

Answer 7

Pollination

Question 8

This is the genetic make-up, of allele combination.

Answer 8

Genotype

Question 9

Which of the following alleles is an example of a homozygous pairing?

Bb. bb, bB, BC

Answer 9

bb

Question 10

How likely it is that something will happen is called?

Answer 10

Probability

Question 11

An organism is considered to be _____ for a trait that is shown in all of it’s offspring.

Answer 11

Pure bread

Question 12

Which of the following alleles are considered to be heterozygous?

Tt, tt, TT, BB

Answer 12

Tt

Question 13

This is the physical appearance, or visible trait.

Answer 13

Phenotype

Question 14

This grid system is used to determine possible genotype a in an offspring.

Answer 14

Punnett Square