Genetics Quiz 2

Which of the following is the best way to determine whether two people are related?

• Compare their fingerprints.

• Compare their handwriting.

• Compare their blood types.

• Compare their genes.

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The picture represents the offspring of a large feline species. Which of the following would most likely be the animal's parent?

• Image A

• Image B

• Image C

• Image D

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In humans, B is the allele for brown eyes and b is the allele for blue eyes. Two brothers both have brown eyes, but one of them has both the B and b alleles while the other has two B alleles. Which statement about the brothers is true?

• They have the same genotype and phenotype.

• They have different genotypes and phenotypes.

• They have the same phenotype but different genotypes.

• They have the same genotype but different phenotypes.

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Tigers and household cats are members of the same family, but their sizes are very different. Why is this so?

• climate

• preferred diet

• habitat size

• genetics

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A plant is tall and has white flowers. Another plant of the same species is short with white flowers. If the plants are crossbred, what is the most likely outcome?

• short plants with white flowers

• short plants with dark leaves

• tall plants with white leaves

• tall plants with colored flowers

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Where are chromosomes located inside an animal's body?

• Inside sperm or eggs only

• Inside the body but outside the cells

• Inside all types of cells

• Inside blood cells only

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Which of the following could be affected by the information in the DNA molecules of an organism?

• An organism's physical characteristics but not its behaviors.

• An organism's behaviors but not its physical characteristics.

• Neither an organism's physical characteristics nor its behaviors.

• Both an organism's physical characteristics and behaviors.

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Humans, butterflies, and trees are all living things. In which of these organisms would you find DNA molecules?

• In humans, butterflies and trees

• Only in humans and butterflies

• Only in humans

• In none of these organisms

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The skin cells of a mouse contain 40 chromosomes. How many chromosomes does a sperm cell of a male mouse contain?

• 10

• 20

• 40

• 80

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In mussels, the allele for brown coloring (B) is dominant and the allele for blue coloring (b) is recessive. For which parental genotypes are 100% of the offspring expected to be blue?

• bb x bb

• Bb x Bb

• BB x bb

• BB x BB

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