Genetics Quiz

A genotype is:

• The observable characteristics of an individual

• The genetic information held by an individual

• A pattern that determines how a gene is inherited

• An alternate form of a gene

Which of the following bases complements (bonds) with guanine?

• Cytosine

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Uracil

Which of the following describes an individual with 1 set of chromosomes (n)?

• Haploid

• Diploid

• Triploid

• Tetraploid

A phenotype is:

• The genetic information held by an individual

• A pattern that determines how a gene is inherited

• An alternate form of a gene

• The observable characteristics of an individual

An allele is:

• The observable characteristics of an individual

• A pattern that determines how a gene is inherited

• An alternate form of a gene

• The genetic information held by an individual

The study of ______________ is called genetics

• heredity
• dominance

• pea plants

• mutations

Gregor Mendel studied heredity using _________ plants

• Rose

• Pea

• berry

• corn

_________ used plants to study the way traits are passes from parent to offspring

• Mendel

• Punnett

• Sutton

• Drum

If you cross a white flower (pp) with a purple flower (PP), the possible genotypes of the offspring are

• PP and pp

• All Pp

• All PP

• All pp

If you crossed a PP (purple) with a pp (white), what would the phenotypes be?

• all white

• all tall

• all purple

• 1/2 white, 1/2 purple