Genetics Quiz

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous
• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A woman heterozygous for A blood marries a man heterozygous for B blood. What is the probability that they will produce offspring with AB blood?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

Black hair color is dominant to white hair color in mice.  Determine the phenotypic ratio for the offpring of a heterozygous black mouse and a white mouse.

• 4 Black: 0 White
• 3 Black: 1 White
• 2 Black: 2 White
• 0 Black: 4 White

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Red-green color blindness is an X-linked recessive trait. A red-green color-blind woman and a red-green color-blind man have a son. What is the probability that the son is also red-green color-blind?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The man who studied genetics and came up with genetics is

• Watson
• Crick
• Mendel
• Darwin

Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer. She has a scar on her right cheek. She is good at swimming. Which of her traits did Magda most likely inherit?

• height
• the scar
• ability to swim
• ability to play drums

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What law states that in Tt the person will only show the dominant allele

• law of segregation
• law of independent assortment
• law of dominance
• law of punnett squares