WorksheetsMr. Smiths Test Questions
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 55mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the four base pairs.
a)
TYHE
b)
FHGE
c)
QWER
d)
WGDV
e)
ATGC
2.
How many stages are in mitosis?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
6
3.
How long does a cell spend in Interphase?
a)
()%
b)
90 days
c)
90% of its life
d)
24/7
4.
An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
five
5.
The man who studied genetics and came up with genetics is
a)
Watson
b)
Crick
c)
Mendel
d)
Darwin
6.
Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
a)
0 %
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
7.
What is the percentage of offspring that have green pods?
a)
100%
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
8.
In this punnett square, which is the dominant trait?
The B stands for bud.
The B stands for bud.
a)
purple flower bud
b)
white flower bud
c)
dominant
d)
recessive
9.
W=white hair
w= non-white hair
If you cross a horse with WW and a horse with ww what fraction of the offspring would be expected to have white hair?
w= non-white hair
If you cross a horse with WW and a horse with ww what fraction of the offspring would be expected to have white hair?
a)
none
b)
3/4
c)
1/2
d)
all
10.
Dominant alleles are represented by a:
a)
Male gene
b)
lowercase letter
c)
recessive trait
d)
capital letter
11.
How many boxes would say BB?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
0
12.
What is the genotypic ratio here
a)
TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%
b)
all tall
c)
TT= 75% tt = 25%
d)
Tt = 100%
13.
What does a punnet square show us?
a)
The age of the offspring
b)
The chance of a genotype (trait) showing up in offspring
c)
Numbers
d)
Blue eyes
14.
A woman heterozygous for A blood marries a man heterozygous for B blood. What is the probability that they will produce offspring with AB blood?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
15.
Genetic crosses involving a particular type of flower exhibit complete dominance with respect to petal color. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). Using the Punnett square, what is the expected percentage of offspring that will have white flowers from a cross of parent flowers with a genotype of Rr.
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
16.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is inherited as a recessive condition. A man with PKU marries a woman without any alleles for PKU. What is the probability that their child will inherit PKU?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
17.
In certain species of plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant to white flowers (p). If two heterozygous plants are crossed, what will be the phenotype of the offspring?
a)
100% purple flowers
b)
100% white flowers
c)
75% white flowers, 25% purple flowers
d)
25% white flowers, 75% purple flowers
18.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
DNA
19.
Dominant alleles are represented by a:
a)
Male gene
b)
lowercase letter
c)
recessive trait
d)
capital letter
20.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
21.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Cytokinesis
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
22.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Metaphase
23.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Cytonkinesis
c)
Interphase
d)
Prophase
24.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Prophase
25.
The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell.
a)
prophase
b)
anaphase
c)
metaphase
d)
telephase
26.
Genetic mutations can be...
a)
beneficial, harmful, or neutral
b)
beneficial only
c)
harmful only
d)
neutral only
27.
A mutation that occurs in the somatic(body) cells will
a)
be able to be passed to a child
b)
not be able to be passed to a child
28.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
29.
Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
30.
Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleotides
c)
fatty acids
d)
polysaccharides
31.
In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of
a)
cytosine
b)
guanine
c)
thymine
d)
uracil
32.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
33.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
34.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
35.
What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?
a)
the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
b)
the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
c)
the color of the nitrogen bases
d)
the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases
36.
Alternative forms of a gene are called
a)
Alleles
b)
Homozygous
c)
DNA
d)
Genetics
37.
The physical appearance of an organism based on traits
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Meiosis
d)
Genetics
38.
The allele combinations
a)
genetics
b)
mitosis
c)
genotype
d)
phenotype
39.
This trait will always be expressed if present because it will mask the expression of others
a)
stem cells
b)
heterozygous
c)
dominant
d)
recessive
40.
Hair colour is an example of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
41.
Having the genes for baldness is an example of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
42.
How tall you are is an example of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
43.
RR- round
rr-wrinkled
What is the genotype for wrinkled?
rr-wrinkled
What is the genotype for wrinkled?
a)
RR
b)
rr
c)
Rr
44.
In humans blood type is determined by the A, B, and O alleles. The A and B alleles are codominant to each other and dominant over the O allele. An individual with the AO genotype and an individual with the BO genotype can produce offspring with which of the following phenotypes?
a)
O only
b)
A or B only
c)
A, B, or O only
d)
A, B, AB, or O
45.
Is bb dominant or recessive?
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
46.
Is Bb dominant or recessive?
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
47.
Is AA a genotype or phenotype?
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
48.
What is the genotype?
A green wrinkled pea plant RR has two dominant alleles
A green wrinkled pea plant RR has two dominant alleles
a)
wrinkled pea plant
b)
allelels
c)
RR
d)
green
49.
what is the phenotype?
A green wrinkled pea plant RR has two dominant alleles
A green wrinkled pea plant RR has two dominant alleles
a)
RR
b)
dominant
c)
green wrinkled
d)
alleles
50.
Is zz dominant or recessive
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
51.
What is this phase of mitosis?
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
52.
Which is Metaphase?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
C
d)
F
53.
Which phase comes NEXT?
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
54.
Among the following, the term that includes the others is ___.
a)
interphase
b)
nuclear division
c)
mitosis
d)
cell cycle
55.
The longest phase of the cell cycle
a)
prophase
b)
interphase
c)
metaphase
d)
mitosis
56.
The structure of coiled DNA and proteins that forms in the cells nucleus prior to mitosis is
a)
centromere
b)
centriole
c)
chromosome
d)
chromatid
57.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
58.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Cytokinesis
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
59.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Metaphase
60.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Cytonkinesis
c)
Interphase
d)
Prophase
61.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Prophase
62.
Chromosomes condense from long stands into rod like structures.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
63.
The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells
a)
mitosis
b)
cancer
c)
spindle
d)
centromere
64.
How many chromosomes do humans have?
a)
46
b)
21
c)
10
65.
Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have -
a)
16 chromosomes.
b)
46 chromosomes.
c)
8 chromosomes.
d)
4 chromosomes.
66.
Where does a cell contain it's genetic material?
a)
nucleus
b)
nucleolus
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
golgi
67.
DNA will condense into...
a)
Centromeres
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Nuclei
d)
Spindle fibers
68.
Which of the following is NOT occuring during interphase?
a)
Cell growth
b)
DNA being copied
c)
DNA condensing
d)
Two new cells are made
69.
Name the phase:
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
70.
Structure A refers to the _____.
a)
chromatid
b)
chromosome
c)
centromere
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