Vocabulary
Reproduction
Genes and Heredity
Punnett Squares
Random
100

The passing of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is called.

What is Heredity

100

What are the two types of reproduction?

Sexual and Asexual

100

Which of the following best defines heredity? 

A: The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation

B: The study of the genetic instructions that are passed from parent to offspring 

C: The specific sequence of DNA and RNA that code for specific traits 

D: The process of creating more organisms of a species

What is A?

A: The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation

100

On you paper, cross a Homozygous tall (T) and a homozygous short (t). What percentage is heterozygous?

What is 100%

100

A trait that will always show up as long as one allele is present.

Dominant trait

200

When two alleles or genes are the same what are they called?

What is homozygous

200

If an offspring was a product of asexual reproduction, would it be the exact same or different to the parent?

Exact same 

200

Which of the following best explains the difference between the terms “genetics” and “heredity”?

A: Genetics is the study of recessive traits; heredity is the study of dominant traits.

B: Genetics is the study of dominant traits; heredity is the study of recessive traits. 

C: Genetics is the study of genes; heredity is the study of how genes are transferred from one generation to the next.

D:Genetics is the study of how genes are transferred from one generation to the next, heredity is the study of genes.

What is C?

C: Genetics is the study of genes; heredity is the study of how genes are transferred from one generation to the next.

200

On your paper, cross two heterozygous tall plants (Tt).  What plant is there 50% of?

What is Heterozygous

200

Type of reproduction that is both fast and energy efficient.

Asexual Reproduction
300

When two alleles or genes are different they are called.

What is heterozygous?

300

Give an Advantage of asexual reproduction.

  • the population can increase rapidly when the conditions are favourable.
  • only one parent is needed.
  • it is more time and energy efficient as you don't need a mate.
  • it is faster than sexual reproduction.
300

An organism inherits its genetic instructions from the —


What is the organism's parents 

300

On your paper, cross two Heterozygous plants (Tt).  What plant is there 25% of?

**you must name both

What is homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive?

300

This type of reproduction creates offspring that are genetically diverse.

Sexual reproduction

400

What is the only way that the recessive gene will be shown?

What is homozygous recessive?

400

What is an advantage of offspring produced from sexual reproduction?

Offspring have more diversity

Offspring get more advantageous traits

400

Which student did the best job of defining the word “heredity”?

 Kendall – Heredity is the study of chromosomes and the genes that they contain.

Carla – Heredity is the passing of genetic information contained in chromosomes from one generation to the next.

Joseph – Heredity is the study of human characteristics passed down from parent to offspring.

Devon – Heredity is the reason that tall parents will usually have tall children.

What is

Carla – Heredity is the passing of genetic information contained in chromosomes from one generation to the next.

400

On your paper, cross a homozygous tall and a heterozygous tall. What are the 2 genotypes present in the Punnett square?

What are TT and Tt

400

Where are your genes found inside of the cell?

Nucleus
500

Name the tool that we use to help us predict what traits offspring can have.

What are Punnett squares?

500

Which of the following would produce uniform offspring?

A. Pollen from one flower pollinates an egg of another flower to produce seeds. 

B.A female fish lays unfertilized eggs in a river, and the male arrives later to fertilize the eggs. 

C.Spores are formed from two cells, each from individual fungi organisms. 

D. An amoeba splits during binary fission into two separate cells.


D. An amoeba splits during binary fission into two separate cells. 

500

What is a physical trait that is expressed called? (Hint: a genotype is a gene that is expressed)

Phenotype 

500

Having dimples is a recessive trait.  What genotypes would two parents without dimples have to have in order to have a child that does have dimples?  Use D for the allele.

Both parents would need to be Dd (Heterozygous)

500

How many chromosomes do we receive from each one of our parents?

23