Heredity and Genetics

Question 1

What is Heredity?

Answer 1

the passing of traits from parent to offspring.

Question 2

What is Genetics?

Answer 2

The study of how traits are inherited.

Question 3

What are Genes?

Answer 3

The material that controls which traits are expressed in an organism.

Question 4

Note Card

Answer 4

Genes come in pairs and offspring inherit one copy of each gene from each parent.

Question 5

What are Alleles?

Answer 5

the different forms o a trait that a gene may have

Question 6

What is Characteristic?

Answer 6

A feature that has different forms

Question 7

What are traits?

Answer 7

The different forms of the characteristics.

Question 8

A trait that prevents another trait from appearing.

Answer 8

Dominant Trait

Question 9

A trait that does not appear when the dominant trait is present.

Answer 9

Recessive Trait

Question 10

• receives different genetic information for a trait from each parent.
• is a trait that is made up of a combination of a dominant and recessive trait

Answer 10

Hybrid/ Heterozygous

Question 11

An organism with two different alleles for one trait ( Tt )

Answer 11

Heterozygous ( hybrid )

Question 12

• receives the same genetic information for a trait from each parent
• it is a trait that is made of all dominant or recessive traits.

Answer 12

Pure ( Dominant/Recessive )

Question 13

An organism with two alleles for one trait that are the same written TT for pure dominant or tt for pure recessive

Answer 13

Homozygous

Question 14

the genetics make-up of an organism

Answer 14

genotype

Question 15

the way an organism looks as a result of its genotype.

Answer 15

phenotype

Question 16

A diagram that can be used to predict the way genes will combine when passed from parent to offspring.

Answer 16

Punnett Squares