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Genetics and Heredity

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word DNA is abbreviated for is ________________________.

a)

Disconuggets Acid

b)

Dioramanucleous Acid

c)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

d)

Detoxifynubs Acid

2.

What are the 4 bases in a nucleotide?

a)

calcium (C) Tumeric (T) Guiro (G) Anind (A)

b)

Wells (W) Solids (S)

c)

Eggs (E) Calcium (C)

d)

adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), cytosine (C)

3.

How are bases paired? PICK 2

a)

A is always with T (Apples grow on Trees)

b)

B is always with N (Balls go in the Net)

c)

C is always with G (Cars are in the Garage)

d)

D is always with C (Dogs chase Cats)

4.

What does a Double Helix look like?

a)

Twisted ladder

b)

Upside down ladder

c)

Sideways ladder

d)

Double circle

5.

What does replicate mean?

a)

clean

b)

breed

c)

multiply

d)

copy

6.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
7.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
8.
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
9.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
10.
Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
a)
ATG TGA CAG
b)
TAC ACT GTC
c)
GTA AGT GAC
d)
CAT TCA CTG
11.

"Offspring" means:

a)

Children

b)

Parents

12.
a)
budding
b)
sporulation
c)
vegetative propagation
d)
binary fission
13.
a)
budding
b)
binary fission
c)
sporulation
d)
regeneration
14.
This produces 2 identical cells.
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
15.

How are we able to make an exact genetic copy of our dog?

a)

Budding

b)

Vegetative Reproduction

c)

Cloning

d)

Binary Fission

16.
How many parents are required for asexual reproduction?
a)
 one
b)
two
c)
six
d)
four
17.
The cells produced via meiosis are called:
a)
sex cells
b)
somatic cells
c)
body cells
d)
skin cells
18.
If a body cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
24
19.
How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis ?
a)
10
b)
6
c)
4
d)
2
20.

The picture shows 46 chromosomes taken from a human:

a)

Male, because there are two X chromosomes

b)

Male because there is an X and a Y

c)

Female because there are two X chromosomes

d)

Female because there is an X and a Y

21.

Reproduction that combines genetic material of two organisms

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Fertilization

d)

Budding

22.

Action or process of fertilizing an egg

a)

Fertilization

b)

Budding

c)

Pollination

d)

Zygote

23.
Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents
a)
1,1
b)
2,2
c)
2,1
d)
1,2 
24.
What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Allows genetic variation
b)
Only needs one parent
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Offspring are exact copies of parent
25.
What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Only one parent needed
b)
Off spring are exact copies of parents
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Needs two parents
26.
Is Bb dominant or recessive?
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
27.
Is bb dominant or recessive?
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
28.
Is AA a genotype or phenotype?
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
29.
Is zz dominant or recessive
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
30.
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
31.
Hair colour is an example of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
32.
Having the genes for baldness is an example of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
33.
Having blue eyes is an example of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
34.
Having genes that make you more likely to be good at sprinting is an aspect of
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
35.
The genotype of:  bb   will have the PHENOTYPE of...
a)
black fur
b)
white fur
c)
course hair
d)
fine hair
36.
The genotype of:  Heterozygous Course Hair  will have the alleles of...
a)
Hh
b)
HH
c)
hh
37.
Heterozygous is when...
a)
the alleles are the same
b)
the alleles are different
c)
the alleles are absent
d)
the alleles are present
38.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
39.
B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
40.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
41.
What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 
a)
50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 
b)
25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 
c)
75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 
d)
0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 
42.
Two heterozygous red flower (white flowers are recessive) are crossed. What is the phenotype?
a)
75% red and 25% white
b)
25% red and 75% white
c)
100 White 
d)
50% red 50% red 
43.
using living things or parts of living things to produce a product or solve a problem
a)
biotechnology
b)
tissue culturing
c)
bioremediation
d)
transgenic
44.
What is Genetic Engineering?
a)
the manipulation of an organism’s genes
b)
a change in an organism's genes
c)
a random and abrupt disruption to DNA
d)
the manipulation of an organism's appearance
45.

What is the first cloned mammal?

a)

goat

b)

cat

c)

sheep

d)

cow

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