Heredity

Question 1

With the exception of gametes (egg and sperm), all cells in your body are __________

Answer 1

Diploid

Question 2

A section of DNA that provides the instructions for making a protein

Answer 2

Gene

Question 3

Different versions of the same gene

Answer 3

Alleles

Question 4

The matching chromosomes from our mom and dad

Answer 4

Homologous Chromosomes

Question 5

Australian monk who used pea plants to learn about genetics.

Answer 5

Gregor Mendel

Question 6

First Law of Inheritance

Answer 6

Dominance

Question 7

Second Law of Inheritance

Answer 7

Segregation

Question 8

Third law of inheritance

Answer 8

Independent Assortment

Question 9

During Mendel’s Experiments crossing pea plants he made sure that he had control over ___________

Answer 9

Breeding

Question 10

During Mendel’s Experiments he made sure that He used Only __________ plants

Answer 10

Purebred

Question 11

A type of organism whose ancestors are genetically uniform

Answer 11

Purebred

Question 12

What does F1 mean?

Answer 12

First Generation

Question 13

What does F2 mean?

Answer 13

Second Generation