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WorksheetsGenetics Quiz 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT an inherited trait?
a)
a. blood type
b)
b. a broken leg
c)
c. hair color
d)
d. leaf shape
2.
Who is the monk known as the father of genetics?
a)
a. Mendel
b)
b. Rutherford
c)
c. Watson
d)
d. Welch
3.
What is the term for a form of a gene?
a)
a. allele
b)
b. heredity
c)
c. genotype
d)
d. trait
4.
Where do an organism’s genes come from?
a)
a. the mother only
b)
b. the father only
c)
c. both the mother and the father
d)
d. neither the mother nor the father
5.
Define heterozygous.
a)
a. what you can see about a trait
b)
b. when you have two different alleles
c)
c. when you have two of the same alleles
d)
d. what genes a person or thing has
6.
Define phenotype
a)
a. what you can see about a trait
b)
b. what genes a person or thing has
c)
c. the allele you use a lower case letter for
d)
d. when you have two different alleles
7.
Define recessive
a)
a. what you can see about a trait
b)
b. what genes a person or thing has
c)
c. the allele you use a lower case letter for
d)
e. the allele you use an upper case letter for
8.
Define homozygous
a)
a. when you have two of the same alleles
b)
b. what genes a person or thing has
c)
c. the allele you use a lower case letter for
d)
d. when you have two different alleles
9.
What is the basic unit of structure and function of living things?
a)
a. gene
b)
b. cell
c)
c. allele
d)
d. DNA
10.
What is a molecule in the form of a twisted double helix that contains genetic material?
a)
a. gene
b)
b. cell
c)
c. allele
d)
d. DNA
11.
Traits that are attained through the environment or learned...
a)
a. inherited traits
b)
b. heredity
c)
c. chromosomes
d)
d. acquired traits
12.
In asexual production there are two parents involved.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What is a segment of DNA that contains information for a specific inherited trait?
a)
a. gene
b)
b. allele
c)
c. DNA
d)
d. chromosome
14.
The study of heredity and genetic variation is
a)
a. Chemistry
b)
b. Genetics
c)
c. Generation
d)
d. Mutation
15.
The passing of traits from parent to offspring is
a)
a. genetics
b)
b. mutation
c)
c. heredity
d)
d. generation
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