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Chapter 5/6

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement is NOT true?

a)

One gene can influence many traits.

b)

Genes are the only influence on traits>

c)

The environment can have an influence on traits.

2.

In what way does asexual reproduction relate to humans?

a)

many body cells reproduce this way.

b)

none of our body cells reproduce this way.

c)

the parent cells do not divide.

3.

What are chromosomes that carry the same sets of genes ?

a)

twin chromosomes

b)

ordinary chromosomes

c)

homologous chromosomes

4.

This diagram is used to trace a trait through generations of a family.

a)

selective breeding

b)

pedigree

c)

meiosis

5.

What carries the genes that determine sex?

a)

sex chromosomes

b)

phenotype

c)

homologous chromosomes

6.

What is the name for the way cells divide in asexual reproduction.

a)

homologous

b)

mitosis

c)

meiosis

7.

How are sex cells different from other human cells?

a)

Sex cells have half as many chromosomes.

b)

Sex cells are larger

c)

Sex cells have no chromosomes

8.

Why do sex-linked disorders occur more often in males?

a)

Males have two X chromosomes.

b)

Males have two Y chromosomes.

c)

Males have only one X chromosome.

9.

When an offspring is different from both parents, they are produced by .

a)

mitosis

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

asexual reproduction

10.

What is it called when cells are copied with half the number of chromosome?

a)

meiosis

b)

mitosis

c)

sex cells

11.

What is the first step in making a protein?

a)

RNA copying DNA

b)

Transfer RNA matching mRNA

c)

amino acids linked together

12.

Nucleotides are made of a sugar, a phosphate, and a

a)

protein

b)

base

c)

gene

13.

What subunits is DNA made of?

a)

nucleotides

b)

proteins

c)

traits

14.

What letters represent the four bases?

a)

E, Y, A, O

b)

A, T, G, C

c)

A, B, C, D

15.

Watson and Crick built a DNA model like a

a)

Piece of twine

b)

straight line

c)

long, twisted ladder

16.

A messenger RNA is fed through the ribosome it is matched with

a)

cells

b)

transfer RNA

c)

DNA

17.

How does a DNA molecule split?

a)

down the middle

b)

across the top

c)

along the sides

18.

What are the "rungs" of the DNA ladder made of ?

a)

a pair of sugars

b)

a pair of bases

c)

a pair of phosphates

19.

The sides of the DNA "ladder" are made of

a)

guanine and thymine.

b)

adenine and cytosine

c)

sugar and phosphate

20.

Which is the first step of DNA replication?

a)

a strand of DNA splits down the middle

b)

Two complete, identical strands of DNA pair up

c)

Adenine and thymine make a base pair.

21.

When you use DNA to identify who committed a crime is

a)

genetic disease

b)

genetic engineering

c)

DNA fingerprinting

22.

The first step of protein production is?

a)

RNA making a mirror - like copy of a DNA sequence

b)

tRNA dropping amino acids

c)

mRNA going through a ribosome

23.

sickle cell anemia and some other genetic disorders are due to?

a)

genetic engineering

b)

a mutation

c)

a ribosome

24.

How many bases does the code for a given amino acid consist of?

a)

four

b)

three

c)

two

25.

The materials that make up each nucleotide in a DNA molecule are?

a)

amino acid, base, and protein

b)

chromosomes and genes

c)

sugar, phosphate, and base

26.

Which type of mutation causes sickle cell anemia?

a)

substitution

b)

deletion

c)

insertion

27.

What strand is complementary to the DNA sequence TAGTCA?

a)

ATGAGT

b)

ATCAGT

c)

GTAGAT

28.

What determines how tall you grow and if you have straight or curly hair.

a)

proteins

b)

RNA

c)

a chromatid

29.

Ribnonucleic acid, present in living cells and that plays a role in protein production

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

Meiosis

30.

A cell organelle composed of RNA and protein

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Mutation

c)

Ribosome

31.

Subunit that consists of a sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base.

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Mutation

c)

Sex Chromosome

32.

One of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual.

a)

Sex Chromosome

b)

DNA

c)

Meiosis

33.

Diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family

a)

Mutation

b)

Pedigree

c)

Meiosis

34.

A change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecules.

a)

Mutation

b)

Pedigree

c)

DNA

35.

Deoxyribonucleic acid, present in living cells and contains the information that determines traits.

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Nucleotide

36.

Cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number.

a)

Ribosome

b)

Mutation

c)

Meiosis

37.

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

a)

Heredity

b)

Probability

c)

Phenotype

38.

An organism appearance or other detectable characteristic.

a)

Allele

b)

Genotype

c)

Phenotype

39.

Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure.

a)

Genotype

b)

Homologous Chromosomes

c)

Recessive Trait

40.

Trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited.

a)

Dominant Trait

b)

Recessive Trait

c)

Phenotype

41.

Trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.

a)

Recessive Trait

b)

Dominant Trait

c)

Genotype

42.

One set of instructions for an inherited trait

a)

Gene

b)

Allele

c)

Probability

43.

One of the alternate forms of a gene that governs a characteristic.

a)

Gene

b)

Allele

c)

Genotype

44.

Entire makeup of an organisms

a)

Phenotype

b)

Genotype

c)

Allele

45.

Entire makeup of an organisms

a)

Phenotype

b)

Genotype

c)

Allele

46.

What are the four types of nucleotides?

a)

Adenine, Thymine, Guannine, Cytosine

b)

Nucleotide, Genotype, Phenotype

c)

Guannine,Ribosome, Meiosos,Mutation