wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

McGraw Hill Biology Ch. 10

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ are segments of DNA that control protein production.

a)

Genes

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Enzymes

d)

Gametes

2.

The chromosomes that make up a pair, one from each parent, are called _______________

a)

Paired Chromosomes

b)

Homologous Pairs

c)

Homologous Chromosomes

d)

Gametes

3.

________ are sex cells that produce half the number of chromosomes .

a)

Gametes

b)

Haploid

c)

Homologous chromosomes

d)

Sister chromatids

4.

A cell with half the normal number of chromosomes (n instead of 2n) is called a ____________ cell.

a)

Gamete

b)

Haploid

c)

Homologous

d)

Paired

5.

The process by which one haploid gamete combines with another haploid gamete is called _____________.

a)

Birth

b)

Fermentation

c)

Conception

d)

Fertilization

6.

___________ is a type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes (is called a reduction division).

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Cytokinesis

d)

Apoptosis

7.

____________ is a process during which chromosomal segments are exchanged between a pair of homologous chromosomes

a)

Paired exchange

b)

Crossing over

c)

Chromosome crossing

d)

Gene exchange

8.

__________ is the science of heredity.

a)

Genetics

b)

Ecology

c)

Biology

d)

Microbiology

9.

A(n) _________ is an alternative form of a gene passed from generation to generation.

a)

Gene

b)

Inheritance pattern

c)

Allele

d)

Hybrid

10.

An organism with two different alleles for a trait is ________________. (example Aa)

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Recessive

d)

Dominant

11.

An organism with two of the same alleles for a trait is ________________ (example: AA).

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Recessive

d)

Dominant

12.

An organism's gene pairs are its _________________ (example: Aa)

a)

Homozygous

b)

Phenotype

c)

Genotype

d)

Traits

13.

The observable characteristics and outward expression of a gene is known as an organism's _________________ (example: Aa means they have brown hair).

a)

Homozygous

b)

Phenotype

c)

Genotype

d)

Trait

14.

Mendel's ___________________ states that the two alleles for each trait separate during meiosis.

a)

Law of Separation

b)

Law of Migration

c)

Law of Exchange

d)

Law of Segregation

15.

Heterozygous organisms are called ________________.

a)

Heterozygotes

b)

Hybrids

c)

Homozygotes

d)

Purebreds

16.

The combination of genes produced by crossing over and independent assortment is called __________________.

a)

Genetic recombination

b)

Genetic variation

c)

Genetic assortment

d)

Genetic drift

17.

___________ is the occurence of one or more extra sets in all chromosomes of an organism.

a)

Polysomaly

b)

Kleinefelter's Syndrome

c)

Down's Syndrome

d)

Polyploidy