Genetics Mini Quiz
Authored by Leann Frankie Drew
Science
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Shelly and Jason are siblings, but Shelly looks like their father while Jason looks like their mother. Which of the following statements best explains the difference in Shelly’s and Jason’s features?
Shelly inherited a greater number of chromosomes from their father than Jason did.
Shelly inherited a smaller number of X chromosomes from their mother than Jason did.
Shelly and Jason inherited different combinations of 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 chromosomes from their father.
Shelly and Jason had different mutations occur in the 46 chromosomes they inherited from their mother and father.
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In dragons, the allele B produces blue body color. The allele b produces green body color. The B allele is dominant to the b allele.
A dragon with genotype Bb is crossed with a dragon with genotype bb. What percent of the offspring are expected to have green body color?
0%
25%
50%
100%
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In dragons, green striped belly (T) is dominant to purple striped belly (t). If two dragons heterozygous for green striped belly are crossed, what are the possible genotypes of the offspring?
Tt only
TT, tt only
Tt, tt only
TT, Tt, and tt
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The gene for no polka dots (D) is dominant over the gene for polka dots (d). Two non-polka dot dragons have a polka dot dragon. Which genotypes make this possible?
The mother and father are both homozygous non-polka dot (DD).
The mother is homozygous non-polka dot (DD) and the father is heterozygous non- polka dot (Dd)
The mother is heterozygous non-polka dot (Dd), and the father is homozygous non-polka dot (DD).
The mother and the father are both heterozygous non-polka dot (Dd)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In dragons, the allele for purple wings (Q) is dominant to the allele for pink wings (q).
Based on the diagram, an offspring with pink wings is indicated in
Box1
Box4
Boxes 2 and 3
Boxes 1,2, and 3
6.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A (a) shows its specific trait when both parents pass the
gene to the child.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS3-2
7.
MATCH QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Match the following
how many times it happens or appears
Trait
a specific characteristic
Gene
Change in organism. Promotes fitness.
Allele
two or more versions of a gene
Adaptation
passed from parent to offspring
Frequency
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
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