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Genetics Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 4 nucleic bases found in DNA?
a)
Adenine/Thymine/Guanine/Cytosine
b)
Adrenaline/Thyme/Guacamole/Chips
c)
Adenine/Thormium/Guanian/Cystonian
d)
Art/Tech/Gym/Cooking
2.
What are the 3 nucleotides that are found in the structure of DNA?
a)
Nutella/Soda/Pocky
b)
Nitrogen/Oxygen/Carbon
c)
Nitrogen Base/Sugar/Phosphate
d)
Nitrogen/Silicon/Phosphorus
3.
Which is not one of the 4 main stages of mitosis?
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Subphase
4.
What happens in an addition mutation?
a)
There is an extra allele
b)
An allele is missing.
c)
The allele went from one chromosome to another.
d)
The nucleic acid is switched with another one.
5.
What happens in a deletion mutation?
a)
There is an extra allele
b)
An allele is missing.
c)
The allele went from one chromosome to another.
d)
The nucleic acid is switched with another one.
6.
What happens in a substitution mutation?
a)
There is an extra allele
b)
An allele is missing.
c)
The allele went from one chromosome to another.
d)
The nucleic acid is switched with another one.
7.
What two plants did Gregor Mendel breed?
a)
Pea Plants
b)
Trees
c)
Grape Vines
d)
Sunflowers
8.
What is the difference between genes and alleles.
a)
They have different names
b)
Alleles are the segments on the chromosome, and the genes are the actual things
9.
What are the two different types of Punnett Squares
a)
Monohybrid and Dihybrid
b)
Monohybrid and Trihybrid
c)
Dihybrid and Trihybrid
d)
One-square and Two-square
10.
What's the difference between genotype and phenotype
a)
Genotype is the Letters and Phenotype is what shows up
b)
They have different names
11.
What does the prefixes, homo/hetero, from homozygous and heterzygous mean?
a)
Large/Small
b)
Small/Large
c)
Same/Different
d)
Different/Same
12.
What is similar between incomplete dominance, codominance and multiple alleles
a)
They are all difficult to do
b)
They use Dihybrid Punnet Squares
c)
They are all the same
d)
They are not simple dominace
13.
Which of the following is true about inherited and acquired traits?
a)
They are the same
b)
Acquired traits are hereditary
c)
Inherited traits are hereditary
d)
They are not hereditary
14.
In a pedigree chart, squares represent males and circles represent females.
a)
False
b)
Lol
c)
JK
d)
True