wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

heredity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The brown eye trait is dominant over blue eyes. Which of the following genotypes best represents the phenotype for blue eyes?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

bB

2.

Each organism has 2 alleles for a particular trait. Where do these two alleles come from?

a)

One from each parent

b)

Both from one parent

c)

Alleles do not come from parents

d)

The kidney

3.

What is the genotype for #15?

a)

rr

b)

Rr

c)

RR

d)

rR

4.

An organism’s physical appearance of visible traits is a _____________.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

5.
The passing of DNA from parents to offspring
a)
Generation
b)
Heredity
c)
Inheritance
d)
Traits
6.
After Mendel died scientists began to recognize the importance of his ideas. They called him a name. What was that name?
a)
Father of genes
b)
Father of heredity
c)
Father of genetics
d)
Father of traits
7.
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
8.
What is a recessive allele?
a)
A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
b)
A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
c)
Alleles that are the same
d)
Alleles that are different
9.
Genes always appear in pairs. Your parents donate ________ allele for every trait.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
23
d)
46
10.
What are the two genotypes that show the DOMINANT Phenotype
a)
GG, gg
b)
GG, Gg
c)
Gg, gg
11.
How many are tall?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
4
12.
B = brown eyes
b = blue eyes
What is true about these two brothers that have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB the other Bb.
a)
they have same phenotype and genotype
b)
they have different genotypes and phenotypes
c)
they have same phenotype but different genotypes
d)
they have same genotype but different phenotypes
13.

An organism that is the offspring of many generations that show the same form of a trait.

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Dominant allele

c)

Purebred

d)

Genotype

14.

The different forms of a gene.

a)

Genes

b)

Allele

c)

Phenotype

d)

Pedigree

15.

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Hybrid

16.

Two parents have type O blood. What will the blood type of their children be?

a)

O

b)

They can have all four types of blood

c)

Either A or O

d)

AB

17.

In peas, yellow pod color is dominant to green pod color. Two heterozygous parents are crossed. What are the chances that the offspring will have green pods?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

18.

A woman has type AB blood and her husband has type O blood. The doctor tells them their child has type O blood. She thinks this is very strange. Why?

a)

She can't be the mother of a type O child.

b)

Her husband can't be the father of a type O child.

c)

Type O blood is very rare.

d)

There's nothing strange about it.

19.

Two pea plants are crossed that are heterozygous for both height and flower color. Tall is dominant to short and purple is dominant to white. What is the phenotypic ratio of the offsprings.

a)

9:3:3:1

b)

10:2:2:2

c)

5:4:4:3

d)

6:6:2:2

20.
Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants in order to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?
a)
Pea plants grow quickly
b)
Pea plants are ultraviolet
c)
Pea plants are rare and expensive
d)
Pea plants are take years to grow