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Genetic Mutations Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do genetic mutations get passed from parent to offspring?

a)

When the Gametes (sex cells) are mutated

b)

When the mutation changes the order of DNA

c)

When the mutation occurs randomly

2.

Many mutations...

a)

Occur randomly

b)

Occur because of bad eating habits

c)

Occur because of lack of exercise

3.

Mutations can be...

a)

Harmful

b)

Beneficial

c)

Neutral

d)

All of the Above

4.

Mutations are...

a)

Changes in the sequence of DNA

b)

Broken chromosomes

c)

Bad genes

5.

Mutations can be a result of...

a)

Environmental Exposure

b)

Lack of sleep

c)

Not enough exercise

6.

What is a type of Mutation?

a)

Deletions

b)

Insertions

c)

Base Substitutions

d)

All of the Above

7.

Genetic Engineering is...

a)

The manipulation of an organism's genes

b)

The manipulation of an organism's chromosomes

8.

Selective Breeding is...

a)

The process humans use to breed or reinforce desired traits into a particular organism

b)

When humans take certain animals and breed them lol

9.

What are GMO's

a)

Genetically Modified Organisms

b)

Genotype Melody Ocelot

c)

Gilly Married Oswald

d)

Rick Harrison owns a pawn shop :)

10.

What kind of mutation is this?

a)

subsitituion

b)

insertion

c)

deletion

d)

duplication

11.

ABC DEF---> ABCCCCC DEF is what kind of mutation?

a)

deletion

b)

duplication

c)

insertion

d)

substitution

12.

Sexual Reproduction

a)

One parent organism produces offspring.

b)

Passing of traits from parents to offspring

c)

The two alleles that control the phenotype.

d)

Genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing offspring

13.

Asexual Reproduction

a)

A type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine.

b)

A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

c)

When the two alleles of a gene are the same

d)

One parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization.

14.

Heredity

a)

Passing of traits from parents to offspring.

b)

The different forms of a gene

c)

Physical appearance of a trait

d)

The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

15.

Gene

a)

The different forms of a gene

b)

Physical appearance of a trait

c)

A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

d)

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

16.

Physical appearance of a trait

a)

gene

b)

allele

c)

genotype

d)

phenotype

17.

The two alleles that control the phenotype

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

allele

d)

gene

18.
A set of traits an organism receives from its parents
a)
heredity
b)
DNA
c)
chromosome
d)
allele
19.
The carrier of genetic information
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
phenotype
d)
nucleus
20.
Threadlike structures that carry DNA
a)
allele
b)
genotype
c)
chromosome
d)
phenotype
21.
Different forms of the same gene
a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
alleles
d)
genes
22.
Weak and can be overpowered
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
c)
chromosome
d)
DNA
23.
Strong and cannot be overpowered
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
c)
trait
d)
gene
24.
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring
a)
heredity
b)
punnett square
c)
trait
d)
phenotype
25.
the study of heredity
a)
hair studies
b)
genetics
c)
heredetics
d)
biology
26.
the genetic makeup of an organism
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
27.
How the trait appears or looks like
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
28.
What is a gene?
a)
An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
b)
a piece of clothing
c)
a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
d)
Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait
29.
The passing of DNA from parents to offspring
a)
Generation
b)
Heredity
c)
Inheritance
d)
Traits
30.

Changes to a genetic code

a)

mutations

b)

traits

c)

asexual reproduction

d)

DNA