Heredity

Question 1

Trait

Answer 1

Characteristic that is inherited

Question 2

Genetics

Answer 2

The study of heredity

Question 3

Gamete

Answer 3

Male and female sex cells; sperm and eggs

Question 4

Fertilization

Answer 4

male and female gametes coming together

Question 5

Zygote

Answer 5

diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg

Question 6

Pollination

Answer 6

From male reproductive organs to female reproductive organs of plants

Question 7

Hybrid

Answer 7

Offspring formed by parents having different forms of a trait

Question 8

Allele

Answer 8

forms of a gene for each variation of a trait

Question 9

Law of segregation

Answer 9

Mendelian principle explaining that each plant has 2 different alleles and male and female gametes pair to produce four combinations of alleles

Question 10

Phenotype

Answer 10

physical appearance of an organism

Question 11

Heredity

Answer 11

Passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring

Question 12

Law of independent assortment

Answer 12

Principle founded by Mendel stating that genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other

Question 16

Genotype

Answer 16

genetic code represented by two letters which are the alleles

Question 17

what is the rule of unit factors

Answer 17

alleles and genes both determine traits of an organism

Question 18

rule of dominance

Answer 18

dominant is observed, recessive is masked