WorksheetsHeredity Vocab + Punnett Squares
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 5hrs 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A collection of organisms produced at the same time
a)
Offspring
b)
Generation
c)
Trait
d)
Gene
2.
The study of traits passed from parents to children
a)
Generation
b)
Sexual reproduction
c)
Chromosome
d)
Heredity
3.
Any organism that is the result of reproduction
a)
Offspring
b)
Trait
c)
Gene
d)
Punnett square
4.
Brown hair is an example of a
a)
Punnett square
b)
Trait
c)
Generation
d)
Gene
5.
The inventor of the Punnett Square
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Reginald Crundall Punnett
d)
Donald J. Punnett
6.
The genetic makeup of an organism
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Punnett Square
d)
Reproduction
7.
Observable physical properties that result from the genotype
a)
Dominant
b)
Chromosome
c)
Phenotype
d)
Allele
8.
Austrian monk known as the father of modern genetics
a)
Reginald Crundall Punnett
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Gustave Coriolis
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
9.
Version of a gene connected to a particular trait
a)
Allele
b)
Phenotype
c)
Chromosome
d)
Nucleus
10.
An allele that controls what trait is expressed
a)
Asexual
b)
Mitosis
c)
Dominant
d)
Chromosome
11.
An allele with a trait that disappears if a dominant trait is present
a)
Regressive
b)
Recessive
c)
Reversal
d)
Retroactive
12.
Having two different alleles
a)
Heterogeneous
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Co-dominant
d)
Meiosis
13.
Having the same alleles
a)
Homo sapiens
b)
Homozygous
c)
Twins
d)
Reproduction
14.
In the Punnett square, what belongs in the missing square?
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
15.
B = brown fur b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
16.
Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what probability of an offsprings' genotype?
a)
25%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
0%
17.
What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair)
a)
50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair
b)
25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair
c)
75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair
d)
0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair
18.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
19.
Which of the following is homozygous recessive?
a)
Tt
b)
tt
c)
TT
d)
T
20.
In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?
a)
rr
b)
R
c)
RR
d)
RR or Rr
21.
Looking at the punnett square and B is brown eyes and b is blue eyes. What chance is there that the offspring will have brown eyes?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
75%
d)
100%
22.
An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
five
23.
What is the dominant trait?
a)
yellow pea seeds
b)
green pea seeds
c)
there is no dominant seed
d)
Jolly green giant
24.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
25.
Dominant alleles are represented by a:
a)
Male gene
b)
lowercase letter
c)
recessive trait
d)
capital letter
26.
What genotype would go in box 2?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
27.
In a certain species of plant, the color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p).
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being purple?
a)
25%
b)
0%
c)
100%
d)
50%
28.
What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?
a)
0%
b)
100%
c)
50%
d)
25%
29.
What genotype would go in box 4?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
30.
What genotype would go in box 1?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
100 %
