heredity 2022

Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

• protein
• trait
• DNA
• gene

The passage of traits and/or behavior from parents to offspring

• Instinct
• Heredity
• Behavior
• Learned Behavior

Which is an inherited trait?

• speaking in front of a crowd
• having green eyes
• knowing math facts
• becoming and extrovert

Which statement describes asexual and sexual reproduction?

• Asexual is one part of sexual reproduction.
• Sexual reproduction happens before asexual reproduction.
• Asexual needs one parent, and sexual needs two parents.
• Sexual only happens in animals, and asexual happens only in plants.

A father's genotype is BB, and a mother's is Bb. Which statement describes their offspring?

• They will have the same genotype and phenotype.
• The phenotypes will be the same, but the genotypes will be different.
• The genotypes will be the same, but the phenotypes will be different.
• Both genotypes and phenotypes will be different

White hair (W) is dominant in horses, and non-white (w) is recessive. A dominant WW horse is crossed with a recessive ww horse, as shown in the Punnett square. What percentage of offspring would have white hair?

• 0%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

A partial Punnett square is shown below. Which of the following statements describes the parental genotypes that would result in this Punnett square?

• Both parents are heterozygous.
• One parents is homozygous dominant, the other is heterozygous.
• One parents is homozygous recessive, the other is heterozygous.
• Both parents are homozygous dominant.

The pedigree shows the inheritance of sickle cell anemia. Which couple has the greatest chance of having a child that is affected?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of

• Ribosomes

• DNA

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria