1) What is a GENE? a) A long coiled piece of DNA, your cells contain 23 pairs of them. b) Where the DNA is stored in the cell. c) A piece of DNA that codes for a trait. 2) What is a CHROMOSOME? a) A long coiled piece of DNA, your cells contain 23 pairs of them. b) Where the DNA is stored in the cell. c) A piece of DNA that codes for a trait. 3) What is a NUCLEUS? a) A long coiled piece of DNA, your cell contains 23 pairs of them. b) Where the DNA is stored in the cell. c) A piece of DNA that codes for a trait. 4) Dominant traits are... a) Strong traits that are always visible when the gene is present. b) Weak traits that can be hidden. c) False news. 5) Recessive traits are... a) Strong traits that are always visible when the gene is present. b) Weak traits that can be hidden. c) False news. 6) Diploid cells are... a) Germ (eggs or sperm) cells that contain 23 chromosomes. b) Somatic (body) cells that contain 46 chromosomes. 7) Haploid cells are... a) Germ (eggs or sperm) cells that contain 23 chromosomes. b) Somatic (body) cells that contain 46 chromosomes. 8) Sexual Reproduction... a) requires two parents and results in genetically unique offspring b) requires one parent and results in offspring that is a genetic clone of the parent 9) Asexual Reproduction... a) requires two parents and results in genetically unique offspring b) requires only one parent and results in offspring that is a genetic clone of the parent 10) Genotype is... a) the visible trait that an organism exhibits b) the combination of alleles found on the DNA of an organism 11) Heterozygous indicates... a) the organism has two different alleles (Hh) b) the organism has two of the same alleles (HH or hh) 12) Homozygous indicates... a) the organism has two different alleles (Hh) b) the organism has two of the same alleles (HH or hh)

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