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Inheritance and Punnet Square

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
2.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
3.
If B = brown hair and b = blonde hair, what is the probability of brown hair?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
0%
d)
75%
4.
In rabbits, black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur (b). If a rabbit has brown fur, what can you conclude about its genotype?
a)
It is BB.
b)
It is Bb
c)
It is brown
d)
It is bb.
5.
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 
6.
A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents
a)
Mendel Grid
b)
Genetic Tic Tac Toe
c)
Punnett Square
d)
Pedigree Plot
7.
What is a phenotype
a)
The genetic make up (code)
b)
The physical trait
8.
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%
9.
What is the probability of homozygous dominant offspring?
a)
0%
b)
100%
c)
50%
d)
25%
10.
What ratio of the offspring from the cross shown will be homozygous recessive for the  trait of tallness? 
a)
0 in 4
b)
1 in 4
c)
2 in 4
d)
4 in 4
11.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
12.
A man, who has red-green colorblindness, and his wife, who is a carrier for colorblindness, have a colorblind son. What is the probability that their next son will also be colorblind?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
13.
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%
14.
Black hair color is dominant to white hair color in mice.  Determine the phenotypic ratio for the offpring of a heterozygous black mouse and a white mouse.
a)
4 Black: 0 White
b)
3 Black: 1 White
c)
2 Black: 2 White
d)
0 Black: 4 White
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.
Red-green color blindness is an X-linked recessive trait. A red-green color-blind woman and a red-green color-blind man have a son. What is the probability that the son is also red-green color-blind?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
17.
A man with type O blood has children with a woman who is heterozygous for type A blood. What is the probability that their children will have type A blood?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
18.
In a certain species of rabbits, black coat color is dominant over brown coat color. What is the probability of producing a rabbit with brown coat color from two rabbits that are both heterozygous for black coat color?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
75%
d)
100%
19.
Tay-Sachs disease is a lethal, autosomal recessive genetic disorder. If both parents are heterozygous carriers of the disease, what are the chances of them having a child who is also a heterozygous carrier for Tay-Sachs?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
20.

Biologists have found that a form of deafness is a recessive trait in dogs. If a female dog that is heterozygous for the trait mates with a male dog that is deaf, what percent of their offspring will be deaf?

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

21.
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%
22.
Scott was looking at the results of a cross between red and white flowers. Which is the most likely result of a cross that demonstrates incomplete dominance?
a)
0%
b)
50%
c)
75%
d)
100%