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Junior Cycle Inheritance and Variation

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Passing of features from the offsprings are called as...

a)

Keys

b)

DNA

c)

Genes

d)

Inheritance

2.

What characteristic would a child NOT inherit from the parents?

a)

Freckles

b)

Eye colour

c)

Hair style

d)

Dimples

3.

Which sentences are FALSE?

a)

Humans are made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes.

b)

Human are made up of 46 chromosomes.

c)

Chromosomes is made up of cytoplasm.

d)

Chromosomes is located in the nucleus

4.

What is the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid?

a)

RNA

b)

DOA

c)

DNA

d)

DBN

5.

The disappearance of a species.

a)

Evolution

b)

Extinction

c)

Migration

d)

Mutation

6.
What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits
a)
Nucleus
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Gene
d)
Centromeres
7.
Where is all the genetic information in a cell?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Nucleotides
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Cytoplasm
8.
What does DNA stand for?
a)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
b)
Deoxyribose Enzymes
c)
Deoxyribose Messenger 
d)
Retro deoxyribose Acis
9.

What are the four bases of DNA?

a)

ATGC

b)

ATDC

c)

GCAS

d)

DNAB

10.

What is the function of the X and Y chromosomes?

a)

Eye colour

b)

Hair colour

c)

Height

d)

Sex

11.
Which of the following is the smallest unit of life that can carry out all life functions?
a)
the mitochondria
b)
the vacuoles
c)
the nucleus
d)
the cell
12.

What are chromosomes?

a)

Long strands of DNA that contain lots of genes.

b)

Different versions of a gene.

c)

The basic unit of heredity; controls a specific trait.

d)

A characteristic passed from parent to offspring

e)

The differences that occur from a mixture of genes

13.

What are alleles?

a)

Long strands of DNA that contain lots of genes.

b)

Different versions of a gene.

c)

The basic unit of heredity; controls a specific trait.

d)

A characteristic passed from parent to offspring

e)

The differences that occur from a mixture of genes

14.

What is an inherited trait?

a)

Long strands of DNA that contain lots of genes.

b)

Different versions of a gene.

c)

The basic unit of heredity; controls a specific trait.

d)

A characteristic passed from parent to offspring

e)

The differences that occur from a mixture of genes

15.

The offspring of asexually reproducing organisms have genes that are ____________ to that of their parent.

a)

different

b)

same

c)

dominant

d)

recessive

16.

Different versions of a gene

a)

variation

b)

inherited trait

c)

gene

d)

chromosome

e)

allele

17.

A characteristic passed from parent to offspring

a)

variation

b)

inherited trait

c)

gene

d)

chromosome

e)

allele

18.

A characteristic passed from parent to offspring

a)

variation

b)

inherited trait

c)

gene

d)

chromosome

e)

allele

19.

The offspring of asexually reproducing organisms have genes that are __________ to that of their parent.

a)

different

b)

identical

c)

uncles/aunts

d)

parents

e)

dominant

20.

A Punnett square showing the cross between two pea plants is shown. In pea plants, the smooth coat allele (R) is dominant over the wrinkled coat allele (r). One part of the Punnett square is filled in. Which shows the correct letters and pictures for the peas that should be in the other 3 squares.

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

A tightly wound bundle of DNA is a chromosomes. True of false?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

We are combination of...

a)

20% from mother and 80% from father

b)

50% from mother and 50% from father

c)

70% from mother and 30% from father

d)

40% from mother and 60% from father

23.

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called...

a)

Genes

b)

Variation

c)

Traits

d)

Theories