Heredity and Genetics

Question 1

Learned Behaviors

Answer 1

Learned behaviors are not passed down from our parents

Question 2

Heredity

Answer 2

The passing of traits

When parents hands down an order of traits, it is called heredity

Question 3

Inherited Traits

Answer 3

Inherited traits are passed down from our parents

Question 4

Genes

Answer 4

Genes are a tiny part of a cell that holds DNA

Genes tell all living things what they can be

Question 5

Traits

Answer 5

A distinguishing characteristic or quality

People inherit these from parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents

Question 6

Instincts

Answer 6

The innate capacity of any living thing to respond to a given stimulus in a relatively fixed way

Question 7

Dominant

Answer 7

The one of a pair of alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism

Question 8

Genotype

Answer 8

The genetic constitution of an individual organism.

Question 9

Recessive

Answer 9

That one of a pair of alleles whose effect is masked by the activity of the second when both are present in the same cell or organism

Question 10

Phenotype

Answer 10

The appearance of an organism resulting from the interaction of the genotype and the environment.

Question 11

Genetics

Answer 11

The study of how living things pass their traits to the next generation