Genetics and Inheritance Patterns

Genetics and Inheritance Patterns

Assessment

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Science

8th Grade

Hard

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In guinea pigs, the allele for hairy (H) is dominant over the allele for hairless (h). If a hairless guinea pig is crossed with a heterozygous guinea pig, what is the probability of their offspring being hairless?

0%

25%

50%

75%

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In cats, the allele for hairy (H) is dominant over hairless (h), and the allele for sink-loving (S) is dominant over non-sink-loving (s). What is the genotype of a cat that is heterozygous for both traits?

HHSS

HhSs

hhss

HHSs

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In snapdragons, red flowers (RR) and white flowers (rr) show incomplete dominance, resulting in pink flowers (Rr). If two pink snapdragons are crossed, what is the expected phenotypic ratio of their offspring?

1 red : 2 pink : 1 white

3 red : 1 white

1 red : 1 pink : 1 white

All pink

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a certain type of chicken, the genotype BB results in black feathers, WW results in white feathers, and BW results in black and white speckled feathers. What type of inheritance pattern does this demonstrate?

Complete Dominance

Incomplete Dominance

Codominance

Sex-linked Inheritance

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the phenotypic ratio of offspring from a cross between a black chicken (BB) and a black and white speckled chicken (BW)?

1 Black : 1 Black/White Speckled

2 Black : 1 Black/White Speckled

1 Black : 2 Black/White Speckled

All Black/White Speckled

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If one parent has heterozygous Type B blood (I^B i) and the other has heterozygous Type A blood (I^A i), what is the percent chance their child will have Type O blood?

0%

25%

50%

75%

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hemophilia is a recessive, sex-linked disorder. Which female genotype would result in hemophilia?

X^H X^H

X^H X^h

X^h X^h

X^H Y

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a standard pedigree chart, what shape represents a female?

Square

Circle

Diamond

Triangle