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GENETICS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What do you call the organisms that have two identical alleles for a trait?

a)

Dominant

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous

d)

Hybrid

2.

What does the principle of dominance states about the phenotypic expression of traits?

a)

All alleles are dominant

b)

All alleles are recessive

c)

Alleles can be dominant or recessive

d)

None of these

3.

Which of these refers to the physical expression of the genes of an individual for a particular character?

a)

Karyotype

b)

Genotype

c)

Phenotype

d)

Stereotype

4.

How are your chromosomes inherited?

a)

most of your chromosomes from your father

b)

most of your chromosomes from your mother

c)

a random number of chromosomes from each parent

d)

half your chromosomes from your mother and half from your father

5.

Which of the following is the example of heterozygous allele?

a)

Tt

b)

TT

c)

tt

d)

XX

6.

What do you call the organisms that have 2 identical alleles for a trait?

a)

Hybrid

b)

Homozygous

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Dominant

7.

Which of the following ailments is caused by the deletion of chromosome number 5 during meiosis?

a)

Cri du chat

b)

Down syndrome

c)

Klinefelter’s syndrome

d)

Turner’s syndrome

8.

In the Punnet square, curly hair (C) is dominant over straight hair (c)? Which of the following is true about the

offspring resulting from the cross?

a)

About half are expected to have curly hair

b)

About half are expected to have straight hair

c)

All are expected to have curly hair

d)

All are expected to have straight hair

9.

This condition is characterized by three copies of chromosome 21.

a)

Cri du Chat

b)

Klinefelter's Syndrome

c)

Down Syndrome

d)

Turner's Syndrome

10.

Who is the father of Genetics?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Carolous Linnaeus

c)

Dmitri Mendeleev

d)

Ernest Haeckel

11.

The pair of genes separate from each other during gamete formation. This is now known as the ______________________

a)

Law of Segregation

b)

Law of Independent Assortment

c)

Principle of Dominance

12.

Which of the following helps to determine the possible combinations of genes in a cross?

a)

Test cross

b)

Probability

c)

Punnet Square

d)

Self-fertilization technique

13.

It refers to the resulting heterozygotes that exhibit the traits of both parents.

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Sex-Linked Traits

14.

The human blood system is an example of ______________

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

multiple alleles

d)

sex-linked traits

15.

Which of the following is a sex-linked traits?

a)

Hemophilia

b)

Diabetes

c)

Hypertension

d)

Arthritis