Genetics + Inheritance

Question 1

What is variation?

Answer 1

The presence of differences between living things of the same species is called variation.

Question 2

What are genes?

Answer 2

Genes are strands of DNA that code for one characteristic

Question 3

Every Cell Has Genes- True or False

Answer 3

True

Question 4

How many chromosomes do we have?

Answer 4

We have 46 chromosomes and 23 pairs.

Question 5

What DNA stand for?

Answer 5

deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 6

What is a nucleus?

Answer 6

A nucleus is the brain of the cell

Question 7

What are chromosomes?

Answer 7

Chromosome is a structure in the nucleus that consists of DNA

Question 8

What is DNA?

Answer 8

DNA is the molecule in the nucleus that carries our genetic code

Question 9

What is an allele?

Answer 9

An allele is a different/ alternate form of a gene.

Question 10

Wha is a dominant allele?

Answer 10

A dominant allele is always expressed if present

Question 11

What is a recessive allele?

Answer 11

A recessive allele is only expressed if there are 2 recessive alleles present.

Question 12

What are homozygous alleles?

Answer 12

Homozygous is where 2 alleles have to be the same.

Question 13

What is heterozygous alleles?

Answer 13

Heterozygous is where you have to have 2 different alleles

Question 14

What is the substance of DNA like?

Answer 14

DNA is like snot

Question 15

What is a genotype?

Answer 15

Genotypes are an allele pair

Question 16

What is a phenotype?

Answer 16

Phenotypes are when the physical expression of the allele pair.