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WorksheetsGenetics
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is heredity?
a)
A kind of genetic disorder
b)
The way DNA divides
c)
A trait you inherit from your parents
d)
The passing down of traits from parents to children
2.
How many pairs of chromosomes exist in each of your cells?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
23
d)
46
3.
Why are your chromosomes arranged in pairs?
a)
Scientists have no idea
b)
Because you get one from your mom and one from your dad
c)
Because pairs can divide easier
d)
Because DNA is awesome
4.
Genotype or Phenotype: Freckles
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
5.
Genotype or Phenotype: Black hair
a)
Phenotype
b)
Genotype
6.
Genotype or Phenotype: ff
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
7.
Homozygous or Heterozygous: ff
a)
Homozygous
b)
Heterozygous
8.
Homozygous or Heterozygous: Ff
a)
Homozygous
b)
Heterozygous
9.
The heterozygous DOMINANT trait of dimples?
a)
DD
b)
dd
c)
Dd
10.
Characteristics that are passed down from parents to offspring.
a)
Manners
b)
Acquired Traits
c)
Money
d)
Inherited Triats
11.
The study of Heredity
a)
science
b)
genetics
c)
english
d)
gene
12.
Organisms that always produce offspring with the same traits are known as
a)
purebred
b)
hybrid
c)
dominant trait
d)
recessive trait
13.
The hidden form of an inherited trait
a)
dominant trait
b)
recessive trait
c)
purebred
d)
hybrid
14.
The form of an inherited trait that masks the other form of the same trait.
a)
dominant trait
b)
recessive trait
c)
purebred
d)
hybrid
15.
Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Gergor Mendel
c)
Walt Disney
d)
Robert Hooke
16.
What type of "square" helps us solve genetic problems?
a)
carpenter square
b)
Mendel square
c)
Punnett square
d)
genetic square
17.
TT,tt,PP,pp,SS,ss are examples of alleles that are?
a)
homozygous
b)
heterozygous
c)
different
d)
homologous
18.
The exact genetic makeup of an organism, such as RR, Tt, PP is its?
a)
phenotype
b)
dominance
c)
genotype
d)
trait
19.
Y for yellow body is dominant over y for blue body. What alleles would produce yellow bodies?
a)
YY,yy
b)
Yy,yy
c)
YY only
d)
YY,Yy
20.
"The Great White Shark was 20 feet in length. Phenotype or Genotype?
a)
phenotype
b)
genotype
21.
If "T" is the allele for tall and "t" is the allele for short, then Tt would produce?
a)
tall
b)
short
c)
medium
d)
not enough info
22.
A physical characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring.
a)
behavior
b)
trait
c)
strong muscles
d)
ability to fly a plane.
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