One example of selective breeding
A. a blood transfusion
B. a scientist splicing genes from bacteria
C. a farmer allowing cattle with desirable traits to mate
What is C. a farmer allowing cattle with desirable traits to mate?
100
The form of an inherited trait that masks the other form of the same trait.
What is dominant trait?
100
Organisms that always produce offspring with the same traits are known as truebred.
What is false?
100
The hidden form of an inherited trait that will only show if it is paired with another recessive gene.
What is recessive trait?
100
____________ is an inherited trait that parent plants pass on to their offspring.
A. Flower height
B. Flower color
C. Flower size
What is B. flower color?
200
The type of trait that is hidden is _________________.
A. dominant trait
B. recessive trait
C. incomplete trait
What is B. recessive trait?
200
Predict the possible outcomes of genetic crosses. Letters represent different genes.
What is Punnett square?
200
Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
What is true?
200
Mating certain organisms in order to promote offspring with desirable traits.
What is selective breeding?
200
The type of trait that masks another trait is ____________ trait.
A. dominant
B. recessive
C. incomplete
What is A. dominant?
300
A ratio expresses the relationship that exists between ______ numbers.
A. four
B. three
C. two
What is C. two?
300
Characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring.
What is inherited trait?
300
A recessive trait masks another form of the trait.
What is false?
300
The portion of a chromosome that controls a particular inherited trait.
What is gene?
300
The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring is called _________.
A. enginnering
B. genetics
C. pedigree
What is B. genetics?
400
_____________ is a trait that offspring inherited from parents.
A. age
B. eye color
C. where you lives
What is B. eye color?
400
The different forms of each trait
What is factors?
400
A gene is a small section of DNA on a chromosome that has information about a trait.
What is true?
400
Expresses a relationship that exists between two numbers
What is ratio?
400
In a Punnett square, a capital letter (T) stands for a _______ trait.
A. recessive
B. hybrid
C. dominant
What is c. dominant?
500
Gregor Mendel is considered as ______________________.
A. Father of Genetics
B. King of Peas
C. Father of Chemistry
What is A. Father of Genetics?
500
The likelihood of an event
What is probability?
500
A Wallace square is used to predict the genetic crosses of offspring.
What is false?
500
The study of heredity
What is genetics?
500
____________________ is not an acquired trait.
A. the length of a person's hair
B. the fur color of puppies
C. singing complex songs