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WorksheetsBiology Review: Natural selection and genetics
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 56mins
This means the process by which traits that help an organism survive become ore common.
Natural selection
Evolution
Speciation
Alleles
Extinct
This means change.
Natural selection
Evolution
Speciation
Alleles
Extinct
This is the process by which a new species forms.
Natural selection
Evolution
Speciation
Alleles
Extinct
These are the genetic units that are passed down from parents to offspring.
Natural selection
Evolution
Speciation
Alleles
Extinct
This means when there are no more living individuals from a species.
Natural selection
Evolution
Speciation
Alleles
Extinct
This is a group of organisms that can successfully interbreed.
Hybrid
Species
Adaptation
Niche
Fit
When two species are crossed they can create this.
Hybrid
Species
Adaptation
Niche
Fit
Some frogs croak louder than others. The loudest frogs are more likely to be eaten by predators. What type of selection is this?
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
Some flowers are more resistant to snow than others. It snows unexpectedly in the spring and the less resistant flowers die. What type of selection is this?
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
Male elk fight each other to win their mates. What type of selection is this?
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
Male weaver birds make nests out of grass to attract a mate. What type of selection is this?
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
Farmers select seeds from larger pumpkins to plant in the next year's crops. What type of selection is this?
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
Dog breeders choose dogs that have the best qualities to pass on their traits to their puppies. What type of selection is this?
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Artificial selection
This is something that helps an organism survive?
Hybrid
Species
Adaptation
Niche
Fit
This is an organism's unique ecological role.
Hybrid
Species
Adaptation
Niche
Fit
This is when an organism has more offspring it is said to be ____.
Hybrid
Species
Adaptation
Niche
Fit
How would a scientist know if two different animals are the same species?
If they can interbreed
If they have similar diets
If they live in the same habitat
If they are the same color
When birds eat berries, they spread the seeds and the seeds can grow into new bushes. Birds are more likely to eat berries that smell sweet. What would you expect to happen over time?
The number of sweet berry bushes will increase
The number of sweet berry bushes will decrease
The berries will go extinct
The birds will migrate away and change food sources
Racer snakes that are faster are more likely to catch their prey. What would you expect to happen over time?
The average speed of snakes will increase
The average speed of snakes will decrease
The snakes will go extinct
The snakes will become vegetarians
Fishermen use nets with medium holes to catch large fish while allowing the smaller fish to get away. Over time what do you expect to happen?
The average size of fish will decrease
The average size of fish will increase
The fish will band together to escape the net
The fish will go extinct
Who came up with the theory of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
Jean Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Watson & Crick
Who came up with the [incorrect] theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics?
Charles Darwin
Jean Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Watson & Crick
Who studied the genetics of peas?
Charles Darwin
Jean Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Watson & Crick
Who used research y Rosalind Franklin to figure out the structure of DNA?
Charles Darwin
Jean Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Watson & Crick
How do new traits appear in a population?
Mutation
Natural selection
Evolution
Speciation
Extinction
What type of inheritance creates a blend?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
What type of inheritance results in 2 dominant traits?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
What type of inheritance has one trait that completely overpowers the other?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
What type of inheritance has traits on the X or Y chromosome?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
Two brown mice have a 25% chance of having white offspring. What type of inheritance is this?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
Hemophilia is more common in men than women. What type of inheritance is this?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
A brown cow and a white cow have brown & white spotted offspring. What type of inheritance is this?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
A dark blue fish and a light green fish have turquoise offspring. What type of inheritance is this?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominant-recessive
Sex-linked
Nucleotides are monomers of which macromolecules?
Nucleic acids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Where in the eukaryotic cell is the DNA located?
Nucleus
Ribosome
Golgi apparatus
Endoplasmic reticulum
Vacuole
In a heterozygous cross, what percent of the offspring would be recessive?
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
A homozygous dominant iguana is crossed with a homozygous recessive iguana. What percent of the offspring will be recessive?
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
A heterozygous cat and a homozygous recessive cat have kittens. What percent of the kittens are going to be recessive?
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
A heterozygous cat and a homozygous dominant cat have kittens. What percent of the kittens are going to be recessive?
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
Two homozygous recessive dogs have puppies. What percent of the puppies would be recessive?
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
Two heterozygous frogs have tadpoles. What percent of the tadpoles will be dominant?
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
What is used to show the probable offspring of two parents based on their alleles?
Punnett squares
Pedigrees
Phylogenetic trees
Cladeograms
What process creates haploid gametes?
Meiosis
Mitosis
Binary fission
Apoptosis
How many chromosomes are in a human somatic cell?
23
46
92
112
8
How many chromosomes are inherited from each (human) parent?
23
46
92
112
8
What are homologous chromosomes?
Sex chromosomes
Non-sex chromosomes
Chromosomes that have the same genes
Chromosomes that come from your parents
Which of the following is inherited through incomplete dominance?
Pea flower color
Hair texture
Blood type
Sickle cell anemia
Cystic fibrosis
Which of the following is inherited through codominance?
Sickle cell anemia
Hemophilia
Huntington's disease
Cystic fibrosis
Colorblindness
Which of the following is a dominant trait?
Huntington's disease
Hemophilia
Blood type
Sickle cell anemia
Colorblindness
Which of the following is a recessive trait?
Cystic fibrosis
Purple pea flowers
Sickle cell anemia
Huntington's disease
Blood type
Which of the following has multiple alleles?
Blood type
Hemophilia
Sickle cell anemia
Huntington's disease
Cystic fibrosis
Which of the following is a polygenic trait?
Hemophilia
Skin color
Sickle cell anemia
Huntington's disease
Cystic fibrosis
Which of the following is a sex-linked trait?
Colorblindness
Blood type
Sickle cell anemia
Huntington's disease
Cystic fibrosis
What is a mutation?
A permenant change in the DNA
A cell that self-destructs
A bad gene
A good gene
Which type of mutation does not cause any change to the amino acids / protein?
Silent
Nonsense
Missense
Insertion
Deletion
Which type of mutation results in an early STOP codon?
Silent
Nonsense
Missense
Insertion
Deletion
