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WorksheetsGenetics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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1.
Gregor Mendel is often called
a)
The father of heredity
b)
The father of genetics
c)
The king of peas
2.
Mendel was the first person to
a)
Study science
b)
Learn about DNA and chromosomes
c)
Keep a record of traits that were passed down from parents to offspring
3.
What are genes
a)
egments of DNA that carry instructions for traits of an offspring
b)
something that comes in pairs
c)
both A and B are correct.
4.
What is a phenotype?
a)
an organism appearance
b)
the both inherited traits
c)
the DNA
5.
What is genotype?
a)
formed from both inherited traits
b)
exact copy of a DNA
c)
the chance something might happen
6.
What is the chance that something might happen?
a)
percent
b)
fraction
c)
probability
7.
What is a plant with either two dominant or two recessive genes called
a)
dominant
b)
homozygous
c)
heterozygous
8.
What is dominant?
a)
has two lower case letters
b)
always has at least one upper case letters
c)
purple flower
9.
What is recessive?
a)
Zz
b)
ZZ
c)
cc
10.
Brow eyes are recessive to blue eyes. Which represent recessive.
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
11.
What is the passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring.
a)
Genetics
b)
Gene-
c)
Heredity-
12.
I am a graphical way of determining all of the possible genetics outcomes when cross is performed?
a)
Heredity Square
b)
Punnett Square
c)
Genetics Square
13.
I will be masked if a dominant form is present.
a)
Dominant trait
b)
Homozygous dominant
c)
Recessive trait-
14.
Since each parent may have a different combination of the genes there are __________ possible conditions may occur.
a)
Three
b)
Four
c)
Two
15.
Who am I if both gene are the same and recessive.
a)
Homozygous recessive
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Homozygous dominant
16.
Who am I if I have a dominant gene and recessive gene.
a)
Homozygous dominant -
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Homozygous recessive
17.
a)
100 - Heterozygous
b)
75 - Heterozygous
c)
50- Heterozygous
18.
a)
50 - Homozygous dominant
b)
75 - Homozygous dominant
c)
50 - Homozygous recessive
19.
Who am I if both genes are the same and dominant ( Bb and/or BB)
a)
Homozygous dominant
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Homozygous dominant
20.
What has one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristics such as hair color.
a)
genes
b)
Genotype
c)
Allele
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