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Pre Assessment: Genetics

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.

a)

taxonomy

b)

heredity

c)

genetics

d)

metabolism

2.

Who discovered the rules of inheritance by studying pea plants? He is known as the Father of Genetics.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

James Watson

c)

Erwin Chargaff

d)

Gregor Mendel

3.

Phenotype refers to the...

a)

physical observable trait

b)

underlying genetic makeup

4.

Genotype refers to the...

a)

physical observable trait

b)

underlying genetic makeup

5.

What is the term for alternate forms of a gene.

a)

alleles

b)

traits

c)

phenotypes

d)

chromosomes

6.

An individual who has two different alleles for a gene is _____________ for that trait.

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

7.

An individual who has two identical alleles for a gene is _____________ for that trait.

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

8.

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

all of these are heterozygous

9.

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

a)

A

b)

Aa

c)

AA

d)

aa

10.

Tallness (T) is dominant to shortness (t) in pea plants. Which of the following shows the genotype of a short plant?

a)

TT

b)

Tt

c)

tt

d)

t

11.

Purple (P) is dominant to white (p) in particular variety of flower. Which of the following shows the genotype of a purple flower?

a)

PP

b)

Pp

c)

pp

d)

PP and Pp

12.

__________ alleles only show their effect if the individual has two copies of the allele.

a)

dominant

b)

present

c)

recessive

d)

hidden

13.

An allele whose trait shows up in the organism whenever the allele is present is said to be __________.

a)

dominant

b)

present

c)

recessive

d)

hidden

14.

Look at the punnett square. What belongs in the missing box?

a)

SS

b)

Ss

c)

ss

d)

need more information

15.

Look at the image. What type of mutation occurred?

a)

insertion

b)

deletion

c)

substitution

16.

Look at the image. What type of mutation occurred?

a)

insertion

b)

deletion

c)

substitution