WorksheetsUnits 5 and 6 Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What are inherited traits?
Traits that you inherit from your environment
Traits that you only inherit from your mother
Traits cannot be inherited
Traits that are passed down genetically from parents to offspring
What is heredity?
Heredity is an event that only occurs in pea plants
Heredity is the idea that traits can be passed down genetically
Heredity is the idea that all traits you have come from your parents
Heredity is the concept of time and how your genes change because of it
What is the name of the gentleman who studied genetic inheritance through the breeding of pea plants?
Sir Isaac Newton
Queen Elizabeth IV
Nicholas Copernicus
Gregor Mendel
Which of the following does the structure of DNA most closely resemble?
A ladder
A slide
A ball of yarn
A perfect circle
What is a chromosome?
A collection of genes, the coding sections of DNA
The wasted space between sections of DNA
A collection of DNA that is similar to a ball of yarn
A group of cells that work together
Which of the following pairings is correct?
A with D and G with C
A with T and G with C
A with C and T with G
A with G and T with C
What is an allele?
A section of DNA that codes for a trait
The sections of DNA that don't code for anything at all
A piece of DNA in the nucleus that may or may not code for something
Groups of cells that work together to produce traits
What is a phenotype?
What your genes are, in terms of letters
What your Punnett Square setup looks like
What your body develops like
What you look like
What is your genotype?
What your genetic makeup is
What the letters in your Punnett Square setup will be
What you look like as a result of your genes
What your genes tell you to do
Which of the following represents a heterozygous genotype?
RR
rr
Sr
Ss
Which of the following shows a homozygous recessive genotype crossed with a heterozygous genotype?
Gg x Gg
GG x Gg
gg x GG
gg x Gg
Which of the following is shows a cross between two heterozygous individuals?
gg x gg
Gg x Gg
GG x GG
Gg x gg
Which of the following represents the idea that only the strongest individuals survive?
survival of the fittest
genetic engineering
selective breeding
natural selection
Which of the following is the idea that the "fitter" group of individuals in a population (like giraffes with longer necks) will survive over a long period of time
Survival of the fittest
Selective breeding
Natural selection
Population decline
