Quiz about Punnett Squares

Question 1

The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of genes.

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Genetics

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Heredity

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Genes

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Traits

Question 2

The passing of traits from parent to offspring.

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Heredity

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Traits

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Genetics

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Genes

Question 3

Physical characteristics that are passed down from parents to offspring during sexual reproduction.

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Traits

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Phenotype

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Genes

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Heredity

Question 4

A segment of DNA found on a chromosome that determines the inheritance of a particular trait.

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Genes

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Genetics

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Heredity

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Traits

Question 5

Material that carries all the information about how a living thing will function.

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DNA

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Genes

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Traits

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Heredity

Question 6

Structures found in the nucleus of a cell that contain DNA.

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Chromosomes

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Genes

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Allele

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Traits

Question 7

One gene from a pair, the different forms or versions of a trait that a gene may have.

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Allele

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Gene

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Genotype

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Phenotype

Question 8

The set of genes carried by the organism.

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Genotype

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Phenotype

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Alleles

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Traits

Question 9

The physical expression of the genes.

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Phenotype

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Genotype

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Allele

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Traits

Question 10

Characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring.

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Inherited Traits

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Heredity

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Genetics

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Alleles

Question 11

Traits that cover over, or dominate another form of that trait. Always shows up in the phenotype, even when only one is present.

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Dominant trait

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Inherited Traits

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Acquired Traits

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Recessive trait

Question 12

Traits that are covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seem to disappear. Only shows up in the phenotype if there are two of these alleles present.

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Recessive trait

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Dominant trait

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Inherited trait

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Acquired trait

Question 13

Both alleles (forms of the gene) are the same.

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Homozygous

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Homogeneous

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Heterogeneous

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Homogeneous

Question 14

When alleles occur in different forms.

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Heterozygous

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Homozygous

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Heterogeneous

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Homogeneous

Question 15

BB

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Homozygous

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Homogeneous

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Heterozygous

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Heterogeneous

Question 16

Bb

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Heterozygous

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Homogeneous

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Homozygous

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Heterogeneous

Question 17

bb

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purebred

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hybrid

Question 18

Cc

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hybrid

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purebred

Question 19

If black (B) is dominant to white (b), which of the following are all possible genotypes if you cross a homozygous dominant chicken with a homozygous recessive chicken.

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Bb

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BB

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white

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Black

Question 20

The heterozygous genotype produces a phenotype that falls in between the dominant trait and the recessive trait.

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Incomplete dominance

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Complete dominance

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Codominance

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Half dominance

Question 21

Which is a GENOTYPE?

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BB

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black hair

Question 22

The physical (observable) traits a person has is their...

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Phenotype

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Genotype

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Chromosome

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Punnett Square

Question 23

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what color fur would Aa be?

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red

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white

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purple

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blue

Question 24

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what is the probability of red fur?

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75%

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25%

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50%

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100%

Question 25

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

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Aa

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AA

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aa

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none of these

Question 26

If a parent is homozygous for the dominant trait tall, what are his/her alleles?

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TT

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tt

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Tt

Question 27

Short hair in guinea pigs is dominant to long hair. Using the letter h, give the alleles for a long haired guinea pig.

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hh

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HH

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Hh

Question 28

A Punnett square predicts the possible offspring of 2 parents.

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Yes.

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No.

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The Punnett square is always right.

Question 29

Dominant or recessive?
tt

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Recessive

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Dominant

Question 30

Dominant or recessive?
Dd

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Dominant

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recessive

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neither

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homozygous

Question 31

Which of the following is a phenotype?

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red hair

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Aa

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heterozygous

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DNA

Question 32

aa always shows up as

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recessive

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dominant

Question 33

What is the dominant trait?

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yellow pea seeds

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green pea seeds

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there is no dominant seed

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Jolly green giant

Question 34

Genotype refers to the ...

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the possible combination of alleles in a gene

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physical expression of the genes

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whether an allele is dominant or recessive

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how an organism will appear

Question 35

Are recessive traits shown with capital or lowercase letters?

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Lowercase

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Capital

Question 36

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

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Mendel

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Einstein

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Disney

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Washington

Question 37

TT,tt,PP,pp,SS,ss are examples of alleles that are?

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homozygous

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heterozygous

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different

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homologous

Question 38

What does a Punnett Square determine?

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all the outcomes of a genetic cross

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all of Mendel's discoveries about genetic crosses

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only the recessive allele combinations

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only the dominant allele combinations

Question 39

If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that an offspring will have black fur?

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100%

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25%

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50%

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75%

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