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Genes and Heredity

Authored by Ms. Sabinson

Other Sciences, Biology

9th - 12th Grade

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Genes and Heredity
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called

heredity
deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
cloning
precipitation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The traits of an organism are passed to its offspring on small coded strands of DNA material called

meiosis
recessive traits
genes
heredity

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

James Watson and Francis Crick are the scientists who discovered

mutated cells
the double helix structure of DNA
that there are dominant and recessive genes
evolutionary traits in human beings

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During sexual reproduction, each parent contributes

a double helix of chromosomes
one strand of chromosomes, or half of the new organism's DNA
a dominant gene and a recessive gene
multiple mutated cells

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If purple flowers are dominant in a plant and white flowers are recessive in that plant, then when the purple-flowered plants with two dominant genes are mated with the white-flowered plants with two recessive genes, the first generation of offspring should have

100% white flowers
75% purple flowers and 25% white flowers
50% purple flowers and 50% white flowers
100% purple flowers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A cell created by cloning is genetically

identical to its parent
identical to its stem cell
unique because it is a mixture of DNA
half like its father and half like its mother

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Every DNA molecule is made up of molecules called

chromosome quads
mutational pairs
nucleotides
mitochondria 

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