1) There are ______ types of traits a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 2) A trait is a characterisitic that is passed down from _______ to offspring a) cousin b) parent c) sister 3) This is an example of a behavioral trait.  a) cats grooming themselves b) brown hair c) blue eyes 4) This is an example of a physical trait a) smiling b) laughing c) brown hair 5) This is an example of a medical trail a) allergies b) freckles c) sneezing 6) Segments of DNA that are located on chromosomes a) Genes b) Jeans c) Veins 7) Different forms of a single gene a) Alleles b) DNA c) Chromosomes 8) Heredity is the passing of ______ from parents to offspring a) traits b) dishes c) allergies 9) What is another name for the word offspring a) son/daughter b) parent c) grandparent 10) Segments of DNA that carry instructions a) Parents b) Genes c) Mitochondria 11) Who came up with the idea of Genetics a) Aladdin b) Gregor Mendel c) Albert Einstein 12) Gregor Mendel noticed the passing of traits by studying the ______ plant. a) Bean b) banana c) pea 13) Fast growing, seed shape and seed ________ are reasons why he picked the pea plant. a) seed color b) seed weight c) seed height 14) Dominant means a) weak b) happy c) strong 15) Recessive means a) weak b) long c) strong 16) Each physical trait has it's own gene a) true b) false 17) Genotype is the _____ combination of alleles a) Inherited b) noninherited  18) Tall, short, round, wrinkled, purple, white are examples of an organism's a) phenotype b) genotype 19) ______ is an organisms inherited appearance a) genotype b) phenotype 20) Each person has _____ copies of an allele a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 21) homozygous means the ________ a) same b) different 22) Heteroygous a) differnt b) same 23) Allelces can be dominant or recessive a) true b) false 24) Used to visualize all possible combination for alleles a) Graphic Organizers b) Punnett Squares 25) ______ is the study of heredity a) Genetics b) Biology

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