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AP Biology Chapter 14 Genetics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mendel called the distinct heritable features

a)

alleles

b)

chromosomes

c)

characters

d)

traits

2.

In peas, tall plants are dominant over dwarf. Mendel crossed two pea plants that are tall and studied the offspring. Of the 100 offspring, 78 were tall and 22 are dwarf. What were the genotypes of the parents?

a)

TTXTt

b)

ttXTT

c)

TtXtt

d)

TtXTt

3.

In peas, tall plants are dominant over dwarf. Mendel crossed two pea plants that are tall and studied the offspring. Of the 100 offspring, 78 were tall and 22 are dwarf. What were the genotypes of the tall plants from the cross?

a)

TT only

b)

Tt only

c)

TT and Tt

d)

There is not enough information to know for sure.

4.

Alternative versions of genes are called

a)

alleles

b)

traits

c)

characters

d)

chromosomes

5.

States that the two alleles for a heritable character separate (segregate) during gamete formation and end up in different gametes.

a)

Law of Loci

b)

Law of Dominance

c)

Law of Segregation

d)

Law of Independent Assortment

6.

In peas, purple flowers are dominant over white flowers. If a heterozygous purple pea plant is crossed with a white flower, what portion of the offspring would be expected to be white?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

7.

States that each pair of alleles segregates independently of each other pair of alleles during gamete formation.

a)

Law of Dominance

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Law of Loci

d)

Law of Independent Assortment

8.

Genes located near each other on the same chromosome tend to be _____________.

a)

Inherited together.

b)

not inherited together.

c)

mixed together.

d)

separated.

9.

Multiplication Rule:

If two parents have the genotypes AAbbCc X aaBbcc, what is the probability of having an offspring with AabbCc?

a)

1/4

b)

1/16

c)

1/32

d)

All of them.

10.

The phenotype of F1 hybrids is somewhere between the phenotypes of the two parental varieties.

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

complete dominance

d)

multiple alleles

11.

Two dominant alleles affect the phenotype in separate, distinguishable ways.

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

law of dominance

d)

complete dominance

12.

In snapdragons red and white are incompletely dominant, the heterozygous condition results in pink. What is the probability of getting white offspring when a white and a pink flower are crossed?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

13.

Disease that is fatal; a dysfunctional enzyme causes an accumulation of lipids in the brain

a)

Achrondroplasia

b)

Down's Syndrome

c)

Sicke Cell Anemia

d)

Tay Sachs

14.

What are the blood types found in humans. Check all that apply.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

AB

e)

O

15.

Most genes have multiple phenotypic effects, a property called

a)

codominance

b)

pleiotropy

c)

epistasis

d)

norm of reaction

16.

Some traits may be determined by two or more genes, this is

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

pleiotropy

d)

epistasis

17.

Skin color in humans is involve a variation along a continuum involving several genes, this is

a)

codominance

b)

polygenic inheritance

c)

epistasis

d)

pleiotropy

18.

Heterozygous individuals who carry the recessive allele but are phenotypically normal are referred to as

a)

carriers

b)

affected

c)

normal

d)

diseased

19.

In this disease, the allele results in defective or absent chloride transport channels in plasma membranes

Symptoms include mucus buildup in some internal organs and abnormal absorption of nutrients in the small intestine

a)

Huntington's

b)

achondroplasia

c)

Sickle cell anemia

d)

cystic fibrosis

20.

A degenerative disease of the nervous system

The disease has no obvious phenotypic effects until the individual is about 35 to 40 years of age.

a)

Huntington's

b)

Sickle cell anemia

c)

cystic fibrosis

d)

Achondroplasia