Chapter 5 science

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

Question 2

Dominnant trait

Answer 2

The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bread

Question 3

Recessive trait

Answer 3

A trait that reapears in the secound generation after disapering in the first generation that it was bread

Question 4

Gene

Answer 4

One set of instructions for an inherited trait

Question 5

Allele

Answer 5

One of the alternitive forms of a gene that governs a caractersitic, such as hair color

Question 6

Phenotype

Answer 6

The entire genitic make up of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more sepicif traits

Question 7

Genotype

Answer 7

The entire gentic makeup of an organism;also the comantion of genes for one of more traits

Question 8

Probaility

Answer 8

The likelihood that a possibly future event will occur in any fiven inctance of the event

Question 9

Meioisis

Answer 9

a process in cell division during the number of cromosomes decreasesto half the original number

Question 10

Sex chromosomes

Answer 10

One of the pair of cromosomes that determine the sex of an individual

Question 11

Pedigree

Answer 11

A diagram that shows the occurance of a genitic trait in several generations of a family