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9A End of Unit Revision Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits
a)
Nucleus
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Gene
d)
Centromeres
2.
Where is all the genetic information in a cell?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Nucleotides
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Cytoplasm
3.
What does DNA stand for?
a)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
b)
Deoxyribose Enzymes
c)
Deoxyribose Messenger 
d)
Retro deoxyribose Acis
4.

What are the four bases of DNA?

a)

ATGC

b)

ATDC

c)

GCAS

d)

DNAB

5.
One form of a gene is called_______________
a)
a DNA
b)
a Phenotype
c)
a trait
d)
an allele
6.

What is the function of the X and Y chromosomes?

a)

Eye colour

b)

Hair colour

c)

Height

d)

Sex

7.

Why does Scar have a scar but his brother Mufasa does not?

a)

Mufasa did not inherit it

b)

The scar gene skipped a generation

c)

The scar is an environmental trait

d)

Mufasa is not his brother

8.

What is the definition of the phenotype?

a)

The physical traits of an organism

b)

The genetic makeup of an organism

c)

The letters eg, Aa

d)

How the genotype is expressed.

9.

Which answer includes the dominant homozygous genotype?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

10.

Which answer contains the heterozygous genotype?

a)

AA

b)

aa

c)

Aa

11.

What is the definition of an allele?

a)

An allele is a variety of a gene.

b)

An allele is the genetic makeup of an organism

c)

An allele is another word for a gene.

12.
An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.
a)
hidden allele
b)
dominant allele
c)
recessive allele
d)
present allele
13.
What is the definition of Homozygous?
a)
When one allele is dominant and one is recessive
b)
When an individual has two sets of the same allele.
c)
when it is neither dominant or recessive
14.

What is the definition of a genotype?

a)

The genetic makeup of an organism

b)

The physical traits of an organism.

c)

When one allele is dominant and one allele is recessive.

d)

When both alleles are dominant.

15.

Sperms can have

a)

Only X chromosome

b)

Only Y chromosome

c)

Either X or Y chromosome

d)

Either XX or XY chromosomes

16.

Ova (eggs) can have

a)

Only X chromosome

b)

Only Y chromosome

c)

Either X or Y chromosome

d)

Only XX chromosomes

17.

What is the percentage of a woman having a male child?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

18.

A dominant trait expresses itself

a)

only in homozygous genotypes

b)

only in heterozygous genotypes

c)

both in homozygous and heterozygous genotypes

19.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
20.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
21.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose