WorksheetsReproduction & Genetics Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins
The two major kinds of reproduction are ____________ and ____________.
Asexual & sexual
Division & multiplication
Fragmentation & budding
Linear & non-linear
____________ reproduction involves one parent, & produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent & to each other.
Asexual
Sexual
Division
Multiplication
Reproduction that requires two parents and has offspring that are genetically different from the parents & from each other is called:
Sexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction
Multiplication
Division
A ________ is a chunk of DNA that determines a trait, and which offspring gain from their parent(s).
Gene
Trait
Nucleus
Punnett square
An allele is:
A particular version of a gene
A really yummy flavor of ice cream (Mr. Gill likes sprinkles on his)
The part of the cell where DNA is kept
Always produced in asexual reproduction
An organism's ____________ is its physical appearance.
Phenotype
Genotype
Allele
Punnett square
An organism's allele combination is its:
Genotype
Phenotype
Inheritance
Sequence
If an organism has two of the same kind of allele for a trait, it is considered ____________.
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Monolithic
Dichotomous
An organism that has two different alleles of a gene is referred to as ____________.
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Dichotomous
Monochrome
If B = brown hair, and b = red hair, then an organism with the genotype Bb would have a phenotype of:
Brown hair
Red hair
A mixture of brown and red hair
A trait that will always show up, as long as there is at least one of its alleles present, is called:
Dominant
Recessive
Powerful
Weak
A trait that will only show up if its allele is the only kind of allele that's present is called:
Dominant
Recessive
Powerful
Weak
This scientist discovered dominant & recessive traits in the 1850s while working in his garden with pea plants
Gregor Mendel
James Watson
Francis Crick
Louis Leakey
Of the following organisms, which ones reproduce asexually? Select all that apply!
Starfish
Bacteria
Cats
Dogs
Of the following organisms, which ones reproduce sexually? Select all that apply!
Amoeba
Bacteria
Horses
Fish
If an organism shows a blending of two traits (Example: Red flowers & white flowers combine to make pink flowers), this is referred to as:
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Mixed-up dominance
Partial recessiveness
If an organism shows two versions of a trait at the same time (Example: A red flower blossom with white splotches on the petals), this is called
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Mixed-up dominance
Partial recessiveness
The __________ is the part of the cell that contains DNA.
Nucleus
Vacuole
Golgi apparatus
Endoplasmic reticulum
