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Unit 8 Genetics

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The shape of human earlobes is an inherited trait. Jana and her father have detached earlobes, while her mother's earlobes are attached. Jana's ear shape is determined by ______________ which contain the information for the earlobe trait.

a)

Traits

b)

Heredity

c)

Genes

d)

Clones

2.

A certain species of rose can be dark yellow (r) or light yellow (R) . If a rose has the alleles Rr and is light yellow. Which is Dominant?

a)

Dark yellow, r

b)

Light yellow, r

c)

Dark yellow, R

d)

Light yellow, R

3.

The round pea seed trait is dominant over the wrinked pea seed trait. If a pea seed is wrinkled, which combination of alleles must it have?

a)

two round alleles

b)

one wrinkled allele only

c)

one round allele only

d)

two wrinkled alleles

4.

An organism's _______ describes its genetic composition. An organism's _________ describes its appearance or observable traits.

a)

phenotype, genotype

b)

genotype; phenotype

c)

genotype, species

d)

heredity, phenotype

5.

A rabbit is carrying a dominant allele for brown fur (B) and a recessive allele for white fur (b). What is the phenotype?

a)

Brown fur

b)

White Fur

c)

Bb

d)

BB

6.

Being tall is dominant trait. Being short is a recessive trait. A tall plant:

a)

must have at least one short grandparent.

b)

must have at least one short parent.

c)

must have two short parents.

d)

must have at least one tall parent.

7.

Green pod color is a dominant trait, while yellow pod color is recessive. Which of the following represents an organism that is heterozygous?

a)

Gg

b)

GG

c)

gg

d)

Yellow

8.

Tall plant height is dominant over short plant height. What genotypes could represent a tall plant?

a)

TT only

b)

Tt or tt

c)

tt only

d)

TT or Tt

9.

Freckles (F) are a dominant trait. The punnett square for a non-freckled parent and a heterozygous freckled parent is shown what is the probability that their children will have freckles?

a)

75%

b)

50%

c)

25%

d)

0%

10.

The punnett square show the cross between cabbage butterflies. B=white and b=yellow. Why are all the offspring white?

a)

Both parent butterflies where dominant for white color

b)

Both parent butterflies were carriers for the white color

c)

One parent passed on a dominant allele to all offspring

d)

One parent passed on a recessive allele to all offspring

11.

In humans, the ability to roll one's tongue is dominant over the allele for non-tongue-rolling. IF two homozygous parents can roll their tongues, what is the probability their child will also be able to roll their tongue?

a)

100%

b)

50%

c)

25%

d)

0%

12.

Having smooth seeds is a dominant trait. Having wrinkled seeds is a recessive trait. The offspring of two plants with wrinkled seeds:

a)

have a 25% chance of having smooth seeds

b)

must have smooth seeds

c)

must have smooth or wrinkled seeds

d)

must have wrinkled seeds

13.

A red flower (RR) is crossed with a white flower (rr)and produces plants with red flowers- if two of these red flower offspring are crossed together, what color offspring would be produced?

a)

Red, white and pink flowers

b)

Red and white flowers

c)

Red flowers only

d)

White flowers only

14.

In rabbits, long ears (L) are dominant over short ears (l). The diagram shows the cross of a homozygous dominant parent with the parent of an unknown genotype for the ear length. What is the unknown genotype and phenotype for the parent?

a)

Homozygous recessive with short ears

b)

Homozygous dominant wit long ears

c)

Heterozygous with long ears

d)

Heterozygous with short ears