Heredity and Genetics Quiz
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Which term refers to the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another?

  • Inheritance (correct)
  • Mutation
  • Adaptation
  • Evolution
  • What is the term for the set of genes and genetic information that is passed from parents to offspring?

  • Exon
  • Allele
  • Epigenome
  • Genome (correct)
  • Which branch of biology deals with the study of heredity and variation in living organisms?

  • Cytology
  • Embryology
  • Genetics (correct)
  • Genomics
  • What is the process called when genetic information is passed from one generation to the next?

    <p>Genetic inheritance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In heredity, what term is used to describe the specific location of a gene on a chromosome?

    <p>Genetic locus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the observable characteristic resulting from the interaction of a specific genotype with the environment?

    <p>Phenotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is not a covalent compound of carbon?

    <p>Aluminum carbide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the hybridization state of carbon in benzene?

    <p>sp2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these compounds is known as an alkyl halide?

    <p>Chloroform</p> Signup and view all the answers

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