Genetics Speed Questions
1.
A ____________ is a unit of heredity that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and codes for a particular product.
2.
Where is DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?
3.
An organism’s _______________ describes the actual characteristic that can be observed.
4.
The combination of alleles that an organism inherits is called its _______________.
5.
Every human body cell has _______ chromosomes and the sex cells have ______ chromosomes.
6.
Another name for a sex cell is _______.
7.
A cell that has half the number of chromosomes is called a ______ cell.
8.
The process cells undergo to make sex cells is called ________.
9.
Type of reproduction in which offspring have identical genetic material to the parent is called
_________.
10.
Prokaryotes reproduce by _____ ______, a type of asexual reproduction.
11.
In prokaryotic cells, DNA is located in the __________.
12.
When humans breed organisms to get desirable traits, this is called ________.
13.
A different version of a particular gene is called an _________.
14.
___________ traits are expressed even if one of its alleles are present.
15.
Type of asexual reproduction in which a piece of an organism breaks off and a new organism grows from that piece (sea stars can reproduce this way)
16.
Genotype in which someone inherits two different alleles but shows the dominant trait.
17.
A male gamete is called a _____ and a female gamete is called an ______.
18.
BONUS (2 points): How is it possible for two parents to show a dominant trait and have offspring that have a recessive trait?
Genetics Speed Questions
1.
A ____________ is a unit of heredity that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and codes for a particular product.
2.
Where is DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?
3.
An organism’s _______________ describes the actual characteristic that can be observed.
4.
The combination of alleles that an organism inherits is called its _______________.
5.
Every human body cell has _______ chromosomes and the sex cells have ______ chromosomes.
6.
Another name for a sex cell is _______.
7.
A cell that has half the number of chromosomes is called a ______ cell.
8.
The process cells undergo to make sex cells is called ________.
9.
Type of reproduction in which offspring have identical genetic material to the parent is called
_________.
10.
Prokaryotes reproduce by _____ ______, a type of asexual reproduction.
11.
In prokaryotic cells, DNA is located in the __________.
12.
When humans breed organisms to get desirable traits, this is called ________.
13.
A different version of a particular gene is called an _________.
14.
___________ traits are expressed even if one of its alleles are present.
15.
Type of asexual reproduction in which a piece of an organism breaks off and a new organism grows from that piece (sea stars can reproduce this way)
16.
Genotype in which someone inherits two different alleles but shows the dominant trait.
17.
A male gamete is called a _____ and a female gamete is called an ______.
18.
BONUS (2 points): How is it possible for two parents to show a dominant trait and have offspring that have a recessive trait?