Genetics Reading Comprehension Questions

What did Walter Sutton come up with in 1903?

• Theory of Relativity

• Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

• Law of Gravity

• Cell Theory

How many pairs of chromosomes do we have in each cell?

• 25

• 23

• 30

• 20

What are alleles?

• Genes

• Instructions for cells

• Chromosomes

• Traits

What do genes give us?

• Stripes and wings

• Chromosomes and alleles

• Instructions for cells

• Fingers and human traits

How many alleles does a normal cell contain?

• 46

• 23

• 2

• 1000

What determines if a trait will show up?

• The color of the trait

• The size of the cell

• The type of alleles

• The number of chromosomes

How are alleles passed down from parent to child?

• Through cells

• Through traits

• Through genes

• Through chromosomes