Genetics & Biomes Review

In a Punnett square, a lower case letter stands for a ____________ allele.

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

In animals, shaggy fur is dominant to short fur. According to the genotypes shown, what percent of offspring will have short fur?

• 0

• 25

• 50

• 75

• 100

In animals, shaggy fur is dominant to short fur. The Punnett Square shows the genotypes of the offspring of a shaggy fur animal and a short fur animal. What were the genotypes of the parents?

• FF and FF

• Ff and ff

• ff and ff

• Ff and Ff

T = tall and t = short

In the punnett square shown, what belongs in the missing square

• tt

• Tt

• Bb

• TT

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive

• dominant

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

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

Blue-eyed is a ______.

• genotype

• phenotype

Match the following.

• dominant allele

• genes are the same

• genetics

• the study of heredity

• heterozygous

• t - short

• homozygous

• genes are different

• recessive allele

• T - tall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Match the following

• bb

• homozygous dominant genes

• Hh

• homozygous recessive genes

• phenotype

• heterozygous dominant genes

• AA

• genetic material of an orgnism (DNA)

• genotype

• physical characteristics of an organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The passing of genetic material from parents to offspring (children)

• traits

• characteristics

• heredity

• phenotype

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2