Genetics and Traits

What types of living organisms have no genetic material at all?

• Insects

• Bacteria

• Plants

• All living organisms have genetic material

What is heredity?

• A kind of genetic disorder

• The way that DNA divides

• A trait you inherit from your parents

• The passing down of traits from parents to children

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Which of the following statements is true?

• Your set of DNA is the same as your siblings'

• Your set of DNA is the same as your mother's

• Your set of DNA is the same as your father's

• Your set of DNA is unique to you

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This scientist studied pea plants and was considered to be the "Father of Genetics".

• Reginald Punnett

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Rosalind Franklin

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Y= yellow pod

y= green pod

What is the percentage of yellow pod when you cross a hybrid pod plant with a purebred green pod plant?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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According to this punnett square shown, the recessive trait is:

• Wrinkled peas

• Green pods

• Yellow pods

• Purple seeds

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Which of the following is showing a genotype that would be described as homozygous recessive (purebred)

• Dd

• dd

• DD

• dD

The physical appearance of an organisms is also referred to as:

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

• incomplete dominance

The genotype is:

• the genetic makeup of an organism.

• the physical appearance of an organism.

• the deletion of a chromosome.

• the passing of traits from parent to offspring.

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Which of the following is true regarding inheriting traits:

• Dominant traits are less likely to be seen.

• You must have only one recessive gene in order to express the trait.

• The recessive trait always is seen over the dominant trait.

• Dominant traits are more likely to be expressed because you only need one gene.

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