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PS SOL Review 7

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the master copy of an organism's information code. (a)  

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DNA
Gene
Genetics
Clone
2.

Adenine is a nitrogen base that always pairs with what other nitrogen base. (a)  

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Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
3.

Guanine, a nitrogen base, always pairs with this nitrogen base. (a)  

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Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
DNA
4.

This is a section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins. (a)  

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Genetics
Genome
Gene
Heredity
5.

The study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles (a)  

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Gene
Genetics
Gernome
Clone
6.

The entire DNA in one cell of an organism. (a)  

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Gene
Genetics
Genome
Heredity
7.

The genetic makeup of an organism or allele combinations (Ex. Tt, TT, tt) (a)  

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Gene
Genetics
Genome
Genotype
8.

The physical trait of an organism that you actually see (Ex. Blue Eyes, Brown Hair) (a)  

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Phenotype
Genotype
Mutation
Allele
9.

Passing of traits from parents to offspring is called (a)   .

10.

An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced (a)  

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Heredity
Clone
Selective Breeding 
Genetic Engineering
11.

Process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation (like toy dogs) (a)  

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Clone
Selective Breeding
Mutation
Genetic Engineering
12.

Any permanent change in an organism's genetic material (a)  

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Clone
Mutation
Selective Breeding
Genetic Engineering
13.

Each form of a gene; a different form a gene may have for a trait.  The two forms are dominant and recessive. (a)  

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Allele
Gene
Chromatin
Chromosome
14.

A trait that always shows up in the organism or covers up another trait. (a)  

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Dominant
Recessive
Heterozygous
Homozygous
15.

A trait that only shows up in an organism when it is paired with another recessive trait. (dominated by the dominant gene) (a)  

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Dominant
Recessive
Homozygous
Heterozygous
16.

Traits that are opposite (Tt) (hybrid) (a)  

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Homozygous
Heterozygous
Dominant
Recessive
17.

Traits are the same (TT, tt)  (pure, purebred) (a)  

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Dominant
Recessive
Homozygous
Heterozygous
18.

Hereditary material made up of proteins and DNA. (looks like spaghetti while in the interphase part of the cell cycle) (a)  

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Gene
Genome
Chromatin
Chromosome
19.

Rod-shaped structures made up of condensed DNA that are located in the nucleus of every cell in an organism. (forms in Prophase during Mitosis) (a)  

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Gene
Chromatin
Chromosomes
20.

The parents' genotypes are (a)  

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One homozygous and one heterozygous
Both are heterozygous
both are homozygous
One is pure and one is homozygous
21.

If T = tallness, the probability that the offspring with be tall in this example is (a)  

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4:4
2:4
0:4
4:2