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Genetics the Science of Heredity

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Gregor Mendel cross-pollinate plants?

a)

to find the traits of the plant

b)

to see which were dominant or recessive

c)

to study different characteristics in his genetic experiments?

2.

The probability of producing a tall pea plant from a genetic cross between two hybrid tall pea plants is____

a)

1/4

b)

2/4

c)

3/4

d)

4/4

3.

A purebred chicken with white feathers is crossed with a purebred chicken that has black feathers. Each of their offspring has both black and white feathers because___

a)

the cells dont mix

b)

the alleles for feather color are neither dominant nor recessive.

c)

the cells for feather color are neither dominant nor recessive

d)

the alleles are broken down

4.

During meiosis ________

a)

chromosome pairs separate and are distributed into new sex cells.

b)

chromosomes are divided in half.

c)

the alleles are neither dominant nor recessive

5.

An organism’s genotype is its

a)

physical appearance

b)

genetic makeup

6.

In Mendel’s experiments, _______ of the plants in the F2 generation had a trait that had been absent in the F1 generation.

a)

3/4

b)

2/4

c)

1/4

d)

4/4

7.

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is a_____

a)

hybrid

b)

crossed purebred

c)

genotype

d)

phenotype

8.

________ is a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.

a)

Luck

b)

Chance

c)

Probability

d)

Magic

9.

An organism’s physical appearance is its

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

10.

When sex cells combine to produce offspring, each sex cell will contribute _____ the number of chromosomes in body cells

a)

1/4

b)

half

c)

double

d)

3/4

11.

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is ____.

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

12.

______ are made up of many genes joined together.

a)

genes

b)

chromatids

c)

chromosomes

13.

When Mendel crossed purebred short plants with purebred tall plants, all of the offspring were ___.

a)

tall

b)

short

14.

The sex cells produced by meiosis have ____ the number of chromosomes as the parent cells.

a)

double

b)

half

15.

A______ organism is the offspring of many generations of organisms that have the same trait.

a)

hetero

b)

homo

c)

purebred

d)

crossbred

16.

Mendel used the principles of _____ to predict what percent of offspring would show a particular trait.

a)

probability

b)

genetics

c)

guessing

d)

psychiatrics

17.

The process in which a parent cell divides twice to produce sex cells is called

a)

genetics

b)

meiosis

c)

mitosis

18.

If D represents the ___ allele of a gene, then d represents the ______ allele.

a)

recessive, dominant

b)

dominant, recessive

19.

A chart used to predict results of genetic crosses id known as a

a)

graph

b)

pie chart

c)

diagram

d)

punnett square

20.

An organism that has two dominant or two recessive alleles is said to be _____for that trait.

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

dominant

d)

recessive

21.

If all of the sex cells of an organism have the T allele, the genotype of that organusm must be

a)

tt

b)

Tt

c)

tT

d)

TT

22.

The chromosomes in a pair may each have ______alleles for each gene

a)

different

b)

the same

c)

alike

d)

related

23.

An organism can't be heterozygous for some traits and homozygous for others.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Genes are carried from parents to their offspring on structures called

a)

chromosomes

b)

genotypes

c)

hybrids

25.

In a cross between two hybrid Tt pea plants, __percent or the offspring will be Tt.

a)

10

b)

30

c)

50

d)

70

26.

If each of ten events is equally likely to occur, the probability of each individual event occurring is __ percent.

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

40

27.

In pea plants, the tall-stem allele and the short-stem allele are different forms of the same

a)

genotype

b)

gene

c)

phenotype

d)

chromosome

28.

Alleles that are neither dominant nor recessive produce an inheritance pattern known as

a)

codominance

b)

indominace

c)

redominancessive

29.

If a dominant allele is present, its trait will appear in the

a)

phenotytpe

b)

chromosome

c)

organism

d)

nucleus

30.

An organism’s genotype is its

a)

allele combinations

b)

physical appearance

c)

genetic makeup

31.

A pea plant that is _______ for tall stems has the alleles Tt.

a)

hetero

b)

homo

32.

is the offspring of parents that have different alleles for a trait.

a)

peaplant

b)

hybrid

c)

purebred

d)

crossbred

33.

A _____ organism had two different alleles for a trait.

a)

hetero

b)

homo

34.

The different forms of a gene are called

a)

genotype

b)

allele

c)

phenotype

35.

Tt means

a)

1d 1r

b)

2d

c)

2r

36.

Factors that control traits are called

a)

genes

b)

genotype

c)

phenotype

d)

nuclei

37.

The chromosome theory of inheritance is that genes are carried from parents to offspring on

a)

genes

b)

genotypes

c)

chromosomes