AP Biology Unit 5 Review Quiz
Authored by David Atwood
Biology
11th - 12th Grade
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This quiz comprehensively covers fundamental genetics concepts appropriate for grades 11-12, focusing on inheritance patterns, meiosis, and genetic terminology. The questions progress from basic vocabulary definitions (genes, alleles, phenotype, genotype) through increasingly complex applications including Mendelian inheritance, sex-linked traits, non-Mendelian patterns like incomplete dominance and codominance, and chromosomal abnormalities. Students need a solid understanding of dominant and recessive alleles, the ability to work with Punnett squares and probability calculations, knowledge of meiosis and its role in genetic variation, and familiarity with sex-linked inheritance patterns. The quiz also requires students to distinguish between different inheritance patterns such as complete dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance, while applying concepts like independent assortment and the significance of chromosomal nondisjunction events. Created by David Atwood, a Biology teacher in the US who teaches grades 11-12. This comprehensive review quiz serves as an excellent tool for reinforcing genetics concepts before the AP Biology exam, making it ideal for formative assessment, homework assignments, or as a comprehensive review session after completing Unit 5. Teachers can use this quiz to identify knowledge gaps in student understanding, assign it as independent practice, or implement it as a warm-up activity spread across multiple class periods. The quiz effectively supports classroom instruction by covering key topics that align with AP Biology standards, including patterns of inheritance, meiosis and genetic diversity, and gene expression. This assessment tool helps students prepare for both the conceptual understanding and application skills required for success on the AP Biology examination.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Suppose that in sheep, a dominant allele (B) produce black hair and a recessive allele (b) produce white hair. If you saw a black sheep, you would be able to identify
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One of the main reasons genes assort independent of one another is that
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A single gene has 3 or more alternative forms. These are called
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A child has type O blood, if mother has type A blood, what would the fathers blood type be
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In mice, the homozygous mice are black and white. The heterozygous mice are gray. What pattern of inheritance is expressed in fur color in mice?
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If the parents of a cross are AaBbCc x aaBBcc. What is the probability of an offspring that is homozygous recessive for all 3 traits?
1/64
1/32
1/8
O
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NGSS.HS-LS3-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In humans, if a non-disjunction event leads to an individual that is XXY, they would
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NGSS.HS-LS3-1
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