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Genetic Test Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which contain genetic information? Check any of the below that contain genetic information.

a)

genes

b)

amino acids

c)

proteins

d)

DNA

2.

Chose all of the organisms that contain DNA?

a)

mushroom

b)

chimpanzee

c)

willow tree

3.

Horse egg and sperm cells each have 32 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would a fertilized cell of a horse contain?

a)

16

b)

32

c)

64

d)

68

4.

Genes provide instructions to make ...

a)

chromosomes

b)

proteins

c)

alleles

d)

DNA

5.

How does genetic information flow?

a)

mRNA → Protein → DNA

b)

DNA → Protein →mRNA

c)

Protein → mRNA → DNA

d)

DNA → mRNA → Protein

6.

What is the connection between DNA and proteins?

a)

Proteins are a type of DNA.

b)

DNA provides information for making proteins.

c)

DNA is a type of protein.

d)

Proteins provide information for making DNA.

7.

What are the building blocks of proteins?

a)

genes

b)

DNA

c)

amino acides

d)

mRNA

8.

Which one of the following is not an inherited human traits?

a)

height

b)

brown eyes

c)

purple hair

d)

PTC taster

9.

What is an example of variation in an inherited human trait?

a)

tongue roller, PTC taster, freckles

b)

blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes

c)

blue eyes, hair texture, freckles

10.

Sue is homozygous dominant for his dark hair. What is his genotype?

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

hh

11.

One type of pea plant has a trait with two variations: The flowers (trait) are either purple or white (variations).


Crossing 2 purple flower plants gave all purple flower plants.

Crossing 2 white flower plants gave all white flower plants.

Crossing a purple flower plant with white gave all purple flower plants.


The Dominant Trait is

a)

White because if you cross a purple flowers and white flowers you get all white flowers.

b)

White because if you cross two white flowers you get all white flowers.

c)

Purple because if you cross purple flowers and white flowers you get all purple flowers.

d)

Purple because if you cross two purple flowers you get all purple flowers.

12.

Having freckles is a dominant trait. No freckles is recessive. If Harry's genotype if Ff, what would be her phenotype?

a)

freckles

b)

no freckles

13.

Tom and Jerry are brothers. Both of their parents have freckles. Tom also has freckles but Jerry doesn't. Which of the following explains why the brothers have different variations of this trait?

a)

Offspring from the same parents always inherit the same traits.

b)

Parents who both have freckles always have at least one offspring with freckles.

c)

Freckles are not an inherited trait.

d)

Sometimes an offspring can show a variation of a trait that neither parent has.

14.

Mendel learned that tall pea plants are dominant and short pea plants are recessive. What is the probability that the offspring will be tall?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

15.

Round seeds are dominant over wrinkled seeds.

What is the probability that the offspring will be heterozygous? Complete the punnett square to answer.

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

16.

Albinism is a genetic disorder. All the children of these parents are carriers. What is their genotype?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa