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The passing of traits from parents to offspring is known as
a) Genetics
b) Heredity
c) Mendel
d) Looking like your parents

___________ is known as the father of genetics
a) Watson
b) Franklin
c) Mendel
d) Sheridan

An alternate form of a trait is called
a) an allele
b) a gene
c) a chromosome
d) DNA

The law that says each parent passes down one allele to their child is called
a) The Law of Reflection
b) The Law of Independent Assortment
c) The Law of Dominance
d) The Law of Segregation

The law that says that there are 2 alternate forms for each trait and one is dominant is known as
a) The Law of Segregation
b) The Law of Dominance
c) The Law of Independent Assortment
d) The Law of Alternants

The law that states the passing of traits from parents to offspring are random is known as
a) The Law of Independent Assortment
b) The Law of Dominance
c) The Law of Segregation
d) The Law of Motion

Dominance is defined as
a) When people are all powerful
b) When one allele can mask another
c) When dominos are played
d) When genes are strong

The form of the trait that is viewed when a dominant allele is not present is called
a) Regeneration
b) Homozygous
c) Recessive
d) Heterozygous

The genetic makeup for a trait that we can express in letters is called
a) A phenotype
b) RR
c) Rr
d) A genotype

A phenotype is
a) A gene
b) The appearance of a trait
c) Red petals
d) Letters describing a trait

Heterozygous alleles
a) Are the same (RR or rr)
b) Are different (Rr)
c) Are only found with dominant traits
d) Are only found with goats

Homozygous Alleles
a) Are the same (RR or rr)
b) Are different (Rr)
c) Are only found with recessive traits
d) Are only found in fathers

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