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genetics review!!

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the field of biology that studies characteristics passed from parents to children?

a)

Biology

b)

Heredity

c)

Inheritance

d)

Genetics

2.

Who first studied the pattern of genetics?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Isaac Mendell

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Albert Einstein

3.

What is heredity?

a)

The study of the traits given to children

b)

The study of a parent's traits

c)

The transmission of cells to offspring

d)

The transmission of characteristics to offspring

4.

If a child has a different phenotype than their parents, it is likely that...

a)

He is adopted.

b)

His genotype is recessive.

c)

He has different DNA than that of his parents.

d)

His genotype is dominant.

5.

A ________ is/are letters that are upper or lower case and detail what traits he has inherited from his parents.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Trait

c)

Mendel Cross

d)

Genotype

6.

Your sister has the genotype yy. You have the genotype YY. If your father has the genotype Yy, what genotype does your mother have?

a)

Yy

b)

YY

c)

yy

7.

The combination of ________ makes a genotype.

a)

Alleles

b)

Characteristics

c)

Traits

d)

DNA

8.

What are the two types of genotypes?

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous Different

c)

Heterozygous Dominant

d)

Homozygous

e)

Homeozygous

9.

If a child has blond hair along with his mother and father, how can he know what genotype he has?

a)

A cross

b)

A Punnett Square

c)

A test cross

d)

A DiHybrid

10.

This flower expresses...

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

DiHybrid Crossing

c)

Codominance

d)

Heterozygous Genotype

11.

The flowers in the square express...

a)

Codominance

b)

DiHybrid Crossing

c)

Heterozygous Genotype

d)

Incomplete Dominance

12.

Phenotypes that are a blend of the Heterozygous gene pair create...

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Homozygous Recessive