Quiz about Genetics Midterm Review 2023

Question 1

Hair color is an example of

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trait

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genotype

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allele

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chromosome

Question 2

Blue print of an organism, 99.9% the same in all humans.

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DNA

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Gene

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Chromosome

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Trait

Question 3

This part of the flower is sticky and collects pollen

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Stigma

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Anther

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Style

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Sepal

Question 4

Different types of a trait (i.e. red, green) (i.e. short, tall)

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variations

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differences

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genotypes

Question 5

The part of the flower that produces pollen

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Anther

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Stigma

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Filament

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Style

Question 6

How many males on this pedigree have the trait?

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2

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1

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3

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4

Question 7

The male parts of a flower are called?

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Stamen

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Filament

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Pistil

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Sepal

Question 8

AA and Aa always show up as

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dominant

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recessive

Question 9

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

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AA

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A

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Aa

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aa

Question 10

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

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RR or Rr

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rr

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R

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RR

Question 11

In certain rats, black fur is dominant over white fur. If two rats, both heterozygous for fur color are mated, their offspring would be expected to have

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three different genotypes and two different colors

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four different genotypes and two different colors

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two different genotypes and three different colors

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three different genotypes and three different colors

Question 12

If both parents have hemophilia, which is dominant. One child has hemophilia and one child that does not. What genotype are the parents?

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Hh and Hh

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hh and hh

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HH and HH

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HH and hh

Question 13

Analyze this karyotype:

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An extra chromosome - Female

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An extra sex chromosome - Female

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A missing sex chromosome - Male

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Normal karyotype - Male

Question 14

Which organisms are most likely to survive?

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the best adapted

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the fastest

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the strongest

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the most domesticated (tamed)

Question 15

Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

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Light moth

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Dark moth

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Both will be equally successful

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Neither will be successful

Question 16

The Aztecs and Maya Tribes of Mexico where some of the first humans to slowly change wild corn to the corn we know today. What process did these tribes use?

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Artificial Selection

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Natural Selection

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Mitosis

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adaptive radiation

Question 17

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Because they come from dominant alleles.

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Because they come from recessive alleles.

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Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Question 18

What is an example of artificial selection?

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Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

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Letting dogs choose their own mate

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Letting plants pollinate on their own

Question 19

Mutations can benefit humans because they can:

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Make an organism more suited to live in its environment.

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Cause illness

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Make organisms live shorter lives

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Cause organisms to grow extra limbs.

Question 20

ATTTGAGCC- Original

ATTGAGCC - Mutated

The example above is an example of a

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Deletion

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Insertion

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Point mutation

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Substitution

Question 21

What is a Gene?

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A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein

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A segment of RNA that encodes for a protein

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A chromosome

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Your genome

Question 22

Normal-
GAG-CTC-GAC-AGA
Mutant
GAG CTC-CAC-AGA

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substitution

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no mutation

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insertion

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deletion

Question 23

All of the offspring of an organism have the same genetic material, which is identical to the parent organism. From this, we can conclude that this organism -

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reproduces asexually

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makes its own food

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is unicellular

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live in a marine habitat

Question 24

Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

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2,1

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1,1

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2,2

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1,2

Question 25

California blackworms, also known as mudworms, are able to break apart. Each body section that broke apart is able to become an identical new worm. What type of reproduction does this example represent?

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Asexual reproduction

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Sexual reproduction

Question 26

In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

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identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

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different from the starting cell and identical to each other.

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different from the starting cell and different from each other.

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identical to the starting cell and different from each other.

Question 27

Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

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8 chromosomes.

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16 chromosomes.

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46 chromosomes.

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4 chromosomes.

Question 28

Structures are similar in appearance but not in structure

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Analogous Structures

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Vestigial

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Homologous

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Embryonic

Question 29

The picture shows a/an ___________

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homologous structure

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vestigial structure

Question 30

What is this an example of?

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Analogous structure

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Homologous structure

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Vestigial organs

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Functional adaption

Question 31

If two organisms have similar traits of DNA they are probably

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share a common ancestor

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share a common environment

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share a common population

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speciation

Genetics Midterm Review 2023

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