Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Get on Your Thinking Cap
Bonus
Punnett Squares
100

What is the word that means "The scientific study of heredity" 

genetics or behavior

What is genetics

100

What is the word that means "The passing of traits from parents to offspring"

heredity or chemistry

What is heredity

100

What is the trait of a pointy hair line called? 

bald or a widow's peak

What is Widow's peak 

100

Where do your genes come from?

What is from your mom and your dad

100
What is a "tool used in genetics to predict the chances of a specific genetic outcome"
What is the Punnett Square
200

What word means two alleles that are the same? Ex. HH

heterozygous or homozygous

What is homozygous

200

What word means "An allele that is expressed in an organism’s phenotype, masking the effect of the recessive allele" (stronger)

dominant or recessive

What is dominant

200
Why can the height of a person be considered inherited but environmentally influenced?
What is the height of a person is based on genetics but things like nutrition play a role in how tall the person actually gets
200

What is the scientific word used for "children" in a Punnett Square?

kids or offspring

What is "offspring"

200
What does a cross that ends with a Phenotypic ratio of 100% Red mean? R = red r = white
What is that the Punnett Square would have a cross that ends with R in all the squares therefore showing the dominant trait in each cross being Red
300

What word means "The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait"

a gene or a punnett square

What is a gene

300

What is the word for alleles that hide behind dominant ones?

What is recessive

300
Why can some people taste the chemical PTC but not others?
What is that the trait for the tasting of PTC is inherited so not everyone will have that trait
300

How many chromosomes do you inherit in all

23 or 46

What is 46

300
R is for Red and r is for white. What is the cross of a homozygous dominant and a heterozygous?
What is RR x Rr
400

Things like eye color and hair color are called __________. 

alleles or inherited traits

What is inherited traits

400

When DNA bases pair which pairs go together: A,C,G,T

What are A and T and C and G

400
Explain the difference between HH, Hh and hh.
What is HH: homozygous dominant Hh: heterozygous hh: homozygous recessive
400

Acquired or Inherited? Athletic ability

What is acquired

400
What is the phenotypic ratio of RR x Rr? (R is for red and r is for white)
What is 100% Red
500

What is "An organism’s genetic make-up or allele combinations."

genotype or phenotype

What is genotype

500

What is "An organism’s physical appearance or visible traits."?

genotype or phenotype

What is phenotype

500

Who is called the "father of genetics"?

George Washington or Gregor Mendel

Who is Gregor Mendel

500
Can you know a person's genotype if they are dominant in their phenotype?
What is no because they could be RR or Rr
500
What is the genotypic ratio of the cross of RR x rr?
What is 100% Rr
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