Q1
acquired trait
Answer: a trait from your environment
Q2
dominant
Answer: the gene that controls the outcome of the trait; represented by a capital
letter
Q3
gene
Answer: a unit of heredity that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and has
the code to produce a trait
Q4
allele
Answer: a gene passed down to an offspring from a parent
Q5
genetics
Answer: the study of how traits are inherited
Q6
heredity
Answer: the passing of traits from parent to offspring
Q7
heterozygous
Answer: when an organism has two different genes for a trait; also called hybrid