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Genetics Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Gregor Mendel study with the pea plants?

a)

cross pollination

b)

inheritance of traits

c)

flowering

2.

If there are 2 plants with the genotypes TT and Tt then the plants would have

a)

the same phenotype

b)

different phenotypes

3.

If an organism has 2 identical alleles for a particular trait then it is

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

c)

hybrid

4.

Mendel’s principles of genetics apply to

a)

plea plants only

b)

plants only

c)

all organisms

d)

animals only

5.

A pea plant that has 2 different alleles for a trait means they are

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

purebred

6.

How many recessive alleles for a trait must an organism inherit in order to show that trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

what is heredity?

a)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

b)

the study of heredity

c)

the study of genetics

8.

What is an allele?

a)

same forms of a gene

b)

different forms of a gene

c)

3 letters

9.

If a Heterozygous Rr pea plant is crossed with a Heterozygous Rr pea plant, what would be the percentage that the offspring will be recessive rr?

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

25%

10.

Type AO blood X type O blood

what would be the percentage that their offspring would be Type A blood?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

100%

11.

When 2 dominant alleles are both expressed are said to be

a)

codominant

b)

incomplete dominant

c)

dominant

12.

A cross involving a single trait is known as?

a)

dihybrid

b)

monohybrid

c)

hybrid

13.

If a pink flower is crossed with a pink flower, what percent of their offspring are expected to be pink-flowered?

R= Red W= White

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

100%

14.

If 1 red and 1 white flower is crossed, what percent of their offspring are expected to be pink-flowers?

R= Red W= white

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

100%

d)

25%

15.

What is an example of a heterozygous genotype?

a)

AA

b)

aa

c)

AAaa

d)

Aa