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Reproduction and Variation

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a benefit of asexual reproduction?

a)

makes unique offspring

b)

Requires more energy

c)

Takes less time

d)

Makes identical offspring

2.

A red cow and a white bull have a red and white calf. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

a)

Not simple dominance

b)

Polygenic trait

c)

Multiple alleles

d)

Sex-linked trait

3.

What is a benefit of genetic variation?

a)

Better able to adapt to change

b)

Reproduce faster

c)

Uses less energy

d)

Prevents boredom

4.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Chromosomes are lining up in different combinations

b)

Chromosomes are exchanging genes

c)

Diploid cells are becoming haploid cells.

d)

Haploid cells are becoming diploid cells.

5.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Chromosomes are lining up in different combinations

b)

Chromosomes are exchanging genes

c)

Diploid cells are becoming haploid cells.

d)

Haploid cells are becoming diploid cells.

6.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Chromosomes are lining up in different combinations

b)

A sperm is fertilizing an egg.

c)

Diploid cells are becoming haploid cells.

d)

Haploid cells are becoming diploid cells.

7.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Chromosomes are lining up in different combinations

b)

Chromosomes are exchanging genes

c)

Diploid cells are becoming haploid cells

d)

Haploid cells are becoming diploid cells

8.

What inheritance pattern is shown in black and orange cats?

a)

Multiple alleles

b)

Polygenic trait

c)

Sex-linked traits

d)

Not simple dominance

9.

What pattern is shown in rabbit fur, when there are four different forms of one gene?

a)

Multiple Alleles

b)

Polygenic trait

c)

Sex-linked trait

d)

Not simple dominance

10.

Flower color can change when you adjust pH. What inheritance pattern is this?

a)

Multiple alleles

b)

Polygenic trait

c)

Environmental influence

d)

Not simple dominance

11.

What do the letters on the outside of this punnett square represent?

a)

Gametes (sperm and egg)

b)

Zygotes

c)

Fertilization

d)

Forming diploid cells

12.

What do the letters shown by the arrow represent?

a)

Gametes (sperm and egg)

b)

Possible zygotes

c)

Haploid cells

d)

Cell specialization

13.

A parent has the genotype EeFf. What combinations of alleles could they pass on in their sperm or egg cells?

a)

Ee, EF, Ff, ef

b)

EF, eF, Ef, ef

c)

EF, EF, ef, ef

d)

eF, eF, Ef, Ef

14.

T=tall (dominant); t=short (recessive). What % of offspring are predicted to be tall?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

100%

15.

Which genotype is homozygous recessive?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

16.

Which term describes the parents in this Punnett Square

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous dominant

c)

Homozygous recessive

d)

Helicopter

17.

G = green; g = yellow and F= round; f = wrinkled. What is the phenotype of the parent whose reproductive cells are shown above this Punnett Square?

a)

Green and Round

b)

Green and Wrinkled

c)

Yellow and Round

d)

Yellow and Wrinkled

18.

G = green; g = yellow and B = Big; b = Small What is the chance that these parents will have a small, yellow offspring?

a)

0

b)

1/16

c)

8/16

d)

4/16

19.

What process happens when a zygote develops into an embryo?

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Fertilization

20.

What process produces egg cells?

a)

spermatogenesis

b)

oogenesis

c)

eggogenesis

d)

fematogenesis

21.

Which process produces diploid cells?

a)

spermatogenesis

b)

oogenesis

c)

mitosis

d)

meiosis

22.

How many eggs are produced each time a female does meiosis?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

Where would you find meiosis happening?

a)

Ovaries

b)

Uterus

c)

Stomach

d)

Everywhere

24.

What term describes your skin cells?

a)

Diploid

b)

Haploid

c)

Not enough information

25.

This shows a person's freckles in the summer and in the winter. What inheritance pattern is this?

a)

Polygenic traits

b)

multiple alleles

c)

environmental influences

d)

not simple dominance

26.

Each snail produces both egg and sperm. Snails will exchange egg and sperm with each other. What type of reproduction is this?

a)

Sexual

b)

Asexual

c)

Both

27.

Paramecia are single celled aquatic living things. They reproduce when one paramecium divides into two. What type of reproduction is this?

a)

Sexual

b)

Asexual

c)

Both

28.

A person must inherit two copies of the attached earlobe allele to have attached earlobes. The attached allele is ____.

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Not enough information

29.

What method of creating genetic variation is shown here?

a)

Crossing over

b)

Independent assortment

c)

Random fertilization

d)

Mutation

30.

This shows a karyotype. What sex is this individual?

a)

Male

b)

Female

31.

What process produces reproductive cells?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

fertilization

32.

This pair of chromosomes have similar genes. One chromosome came from your mom and one from your dad. They are ______.

a)

sister chromatids

b)

homologous chromosomes

c)

sex chromosomes

d)

meiosis chromosomes

33.

The red chromosome has two sides, which each have the identical alleles, attached at the center. These are ____

a)

sister chromatids

b)

homologous chromosomes

c)

sex chromosomes

d)

meiosis chromosomes

34.

Mango plants have 40 chromosomes in each of their leaf cells. How many chromosomes would be in its sperm cells?

a)

20

b)

40

c)

80

d)

0

35.

A person has O blood (genotype OO). What is the chance they will pass on an O allele to their child?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

36.

An individual is heterozygous for stripes. What is their genotype?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

37.

P = purple flowers; p = white Cross a heterozygous purple plant with a homozygous white plant. Find the chance of a white-flowered offspring.

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

38.

P = purple flowers; p = white Cross two heterozygous purple flowers. Find the chance of a homozygous dominant offspring.

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%