A dog breeder writes in her records that a puppy has a black coat and floppy ears. She has no information about the puppy's gene pairs. Which term names what she wrote down?

A seed lab lists a corn plant's pair of alleles for stem height as Tt. Which term names that pair of letters itself?

At the flower-color gene, one pea plant carries a form coding for purple and, at the matching spot on the other chromosome, a form coding for white. Which term names each single form?

A reef fish releases sex cells into the water. Each of these cells carries only one copy of every chromosome, half the number found in the fish's body cells. Which term names these cells?

A strawberry plant sends out a runner. The runner roots in the soil and grows into a new plant whose DNA matches the parent plant exactly. Which term names how this new plant was produced?

A cat's DNA test shows two identical alleles for short hair, written SS. Which term describes the cat's gene pair for hair length?

A bee carries pollen to a flower. A nucleus from the pollen joins with the egg cell inside the flower, and a seed begins to form. Which term names this joining?

Which sentence uses the word 'gene' the way a biologist would?

Which sentence uses the word 'mutation' the way a biologist would?

Which sentence uses the word 'chromosome' the way a biologist would?

Which sentence uses the word 'heterozygous' the way a biologist would?

Which sentence uses the word 'variation' the way a biologist would?

Which sentence uses the word 'dominant' the way a biologist would?

Which sentence uses the word 'heredity' the way a biologist would?

A lab report reads: 'Both parent pea plants had tall stems, but 1 of the 4 offspring had short stems. The allele for short stems must therefore be ______.' Which word completes the sentence?

A student's report reads: 'We used a ______ to predict that crossing two Bb rabbits would give about 3 black pups for every 1 white pup.' Which term completes the sentence?

A report on this cross reads: 'Our grid holds one bb box, so the ______ that a pup has white fur is about 25 percent.' Which word completes the sentence?

A report reads: 'The order of bases in the gene's DNA tells the cell the order of amino acids to link together when it builds a ______.' Which word completes the sentence?

A rabbit breeder's notes read: 'Ear shape, coat color, and tail length are each a ______ that I recorded for every rabbit in the litter.' Which word completes the sentence?

A field report reads: 'The doe's leg scars came from a fence, and none of her fawns were born with them, so the scars were a trait that was not ______.' Which word completes the sentence?