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Genetics and Traits

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What types of living organisms have no genetic material at all?

a)

Insects

b)

Bacteria

c)

Plants

d)

All living organisms have genetic material

2.

What is heredity?

a)

A kind of genetic disorder

b)

The way that DNA divides

c)

A trait you inherit from your parents

d)

The passing down of traits from parents to children

3.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Your set of DNA is the same as your siblings'

b)

Your set of DNA is the same as your mother's

c)

Your set of DNA is the same as your father's

d)

Your set of DNA is unique to you

4.

This scientist studied pea plants and was considered to be the "Father of Genetics".

a)

Reginald Punnett

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Rosalind Franklin

5.

Y= yellow pod

y= green pod


What is the percentage of yellow pod when you cross a hybrid pod plant with a purebred green pod plant?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

6.

According to this punnett square shown, the recessive trait is:

a)

Wrinkled peas

b)

Green pods

c)

Yellow pods

d)

Purple seeds

7.

Which of the following is showing a genotype that would be described as homozygous recessive (purebred)

a)

Dd

b)

dd

c)

DD

d)

dD

8.

The physical appearance of an organisms is also referred to as:

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

chromosome

d)

incomplete dominance

9.

The genotype is:

a)

the genetic makeup of an organism.

b)

the physical appearance of an organism.

c)

the deletion of a chromosome.

d)

the passing of traits from parent to offspring.

10.

Which of the following is true regarding inheriting traits:

a)

Dominant traits are less likely to be seen.

b)

You must have only one recessive gene in order to express the trait.

c)

The recessive trait always is seen over the dominant trait.

d)

Dominant traits are more likely to be expressed because you only need one gene.

11.

Which of the following shows a genotype that would be considered homozygous? Choose all that apply.

a)

GG

b)

gg

c)

Gg

d)

Bb

e)

bb

12.

An allele is:

a)

different genes that code for different characteristics.

b)

different chromosomes.

c)

different forms of the same gene.

d)

section of the nucleus that forms chromosomes.

13.
The mathematical chance that something will happen is known as...
a)
chance
b)
luck
c)
probability
14.
An allele or gene that always shows is
a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
hidden
d)
present
15.
Two of the same genes for a trait (sometimes called purebred). BB or bb
a)
homozygous
b)
hetrozygous
c)
protein
d)
chromosome
16.

G = dominant green and g = recessive yellow

A fish has a Gg genotype, what will its phenotype be?

a)

yellow

b)

green

c)

greenish-yellow

d)

red

17.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
18.
A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents
a)
Mendel Grid
b)
Genetic Tic Tac Toe
c)
Punnett Square
d)
Pedigree Plot
19.
___________________________ is the field of science that studies of how traits are passed on, or inherited.
a)
dominant traits
b)
ratio
c)
phenotype
d)
genetics
20.

Y= yellow pod

y= green pod


What is the ratio of the offspring when you cross a hybrid pod plant with a purebred green pod plant? (dominant:recessive)

a)

4:0

b)

2:2

c)

3:1

d)

0:4