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MENDELIAN GENETICS REVIEW #1

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 43mins

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 you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
3.
What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
0%
d)
100%
4.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
5.
Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what probability of an offsprings' genotype?
a)
25%
b)
1%
c)
10%
d)
0%
6.
Which choice best represents the genotype of this cross?
a)
1 Yy: 2 yy: 0 YY
b)
2 Yy: 2 yy: 0 YY
c)
3 Yy: 1 yy: 0 YY
d)
1 Yy: 3 yy: 0 YY
7.
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 
8.
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
a)
A
b)
Aa
c)
AA
d)
aa
9.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
10.
Which of the following is homozygous recessive?
a)
Tt
b)
tt
c)
TT
d)
T
11.

How many alleles (letters) are in the genotype for a simple trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

How many alleles (letters X or Y) does a child get from EACH parent for each trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

13.

Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

a)

Reginald Punnett

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

James Watson

d)

Charles Darwin

14.

What are the phenotype percentages of the offspring?

(A-Brown fur color; a-white fur color)

a)

50 % Brown fur and 50% White fur

b)

25 % Brown fur and 75% White fur

c)

75 % Brown fur and 25% White fur

d)

0% Brown fur and 100% White fur

15.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
16.
AA and Aa always show up as
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
17.

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
18.

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what color fur would aa be?

a)

red

b)

white

c)

purple

d)

blue

19.

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what color fur would AA be?

a)

red

b)

white

c)

purple

d)

blue

20.

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what color fur would Aa be?

a)

red

b)

white

c)

purple

d)

blue

21.

If A = green pods and a = yellow pods, what are the GENOTYPIC RATIOS of the offspring in the Punnett square?

a)

100% green pods

b)

100% yellow pods

c)

100% heterozygous

d)

100% homozygous dominant

22.

If A = green pods and a = yellow pods, what are the PHENOTYPIC RATIOS of the offspring in the Punnett square?

a)

100% green pods

b)

100% yellow pods

c)

100% heterozygous

d)

100% homozygous dominant

23.
If a homozygous tall pea plant is crossed with a homozygous short pea plant, what is the chance of having a tall pea?
a)
50%
b)
100%
c)
0%
d)
25%
24.
If brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes, what would be the  parent genotypes if two heterozygous brown eyed persons were crossed?
a)
BB and bb
b)
BB and Bb
c)
Bb and Bb
d)
bb and Bb
25.
Green is dominant to yellow. Two heterozygous green plants are crossed. What are the genotypes of the offspring?
a)
100% Gg
b)
50% GG, 50% Gg
c)
25% GG, 50% Gg, 25% gg
d)
75% Gg, 25% gg
26.

A homozygous brown mouse is crossed with a heterozygous brown mouse (tan is the recessive color).


Perform a punnett square cross and determine the phenotype & %.

a)

100 % tan

b)

100 % brown

c)

50 % brown and 50% tan

d)

75 % brown and 25 % tan

27.

What genotype would go in box 2? And is it Homozygous or Heterozygous?

a)

BB Heterozygous

b)

Bb Heterozygous

c)

bb Homozygous

d)

Bb Homozygous

28.

What are the possible genotypes for this cross? And what percentage of each is produced?

a)

TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%

b)

all tall

c)

TT= 75% tt = 25%

d)

Tt = 100%

29.

A heterozygous tall pea plant (T) is crossed with a short pea plant (t).


Perform a punnett square cross and determine the Genotype & %.

a)

100% Tt

b)

50% Tt, 50% tt

c)

75%Tt, 25%tt

d)

25%TT, 50%Tt, 25%tt

30.
What is the genotype for the black chickens?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bB
d)
bb
31.
Why are there no white rabbit babies?
a)
The white gene is not present in any of the babies.
b)
It takes two recessive genes to show the trait.
c)
Grey is a better color.
d)
Baby five will be white.
32.

Which of these Punnett squares represents a cross between a homozygous dominant parent and a heterozygous parent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Based on this Punnett square, what is the chance that an offspring will have a homozygous genotype?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

34.

If both parents have the genotype Aa, what is the chance their offspring will also have the genotype Aa?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

35.

In pea plants, being tall is dominant and being short is recessive. Two tall plants mate. One has the genotype Tt and the other has the genotype TT. What is the chance that they will have a tall offspring?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

36.

In humans, being able to curl your tongue is a dominant trait and NOT being able to curl you tongue is a recessive trait. If a mom with the genotype Rr has a child with a dad with the genotype Rr, what is the probability that their child will be able to curl its tongue?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

37.

A dog with straight fur (Bb) is crossed with a dog with curly fur (bb). What is the probability the offspring will have straight fur?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

38.

In rabbits, black fur is dominant and white fur is recessive. If two white rabbits mate, what is the chance that they will produce an offspring with black fur?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

39.

SpongeBob is known for his big round eyes, which is dominant. Having oval eyes is recessive. If he is heterozygous and marries a woman with oval eyes, predict the chance of them having a baby sponge with oval eyes.

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

40.

Having freckles is a dominant trait. Not having freckles is a recessive trait. A child is born and has NO freckles. The mother has freckles and the father does not have freckles. What is the genotype of the mother?

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

41.

Cody crosses a plant producing wrinkled peas with a plant producing smooth peas. Weeks later, he discovers that all the offspring plants have smooth peas. Cody drew the Punnett square above to show the genotypes of the offspring plants. What were the genotypes of the parent plants?

a)

RR and rr

b)

Rr and Rr

c)

RR and Rr

d)

Rr and rr

42.
What is the yellow seed genotype?
a)
aa
b)
Aa
c)
AA
d)
AA or Aa
43.
What chance does the offspring have of showing a recessive trait?
a)
50%
b)
75%
c)
100%
d)
25%