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Punnett Squares and Genetics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are GENOTYPES? (select all correct answers)

a)

black hair

b)

homozygous dominant

c)

heterozygous

d)

blue eyes

e)

BB

2.

Which of the following are PHENOTYPES?

a)

green skin

b)

Aa

c)

homozygous recessive

d)

purple eyes

e)

black fur

3.

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what color fur would Aa be? (Assume Mendelian inheritance)

a)

red

b)

white

c)

purple

d)

blue

4.

If A = red fur and a = white fur, what are the PHENOTYPIC ratios of the offspring based on the Punnett Square?

a)

25% heterozygous

b)

50% purple

c)

75% red fur and 25% white fur

d)

25% homozygous recessive, 50% heterozygous, 25% homozygous dominant

5.

If A = green pods and a = yellow pods, what are the PHENOTYPIC RATIOS of the offspring of a cross between two homozygous recessive parents? (Hint: Make a Punnet Square)

a)

100% green pods

b)

100% yellow pods

c)

100% heterozygous

d)

100% homozygous dominant

6.

In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t).


Draw a punnett square and perform the following cross: Tt x Tt


What is the probability of producing a short plant?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

7.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
8.

Phenotype determines genotype

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are the possible genotypes for this cross? And what percentage of each is produced?

a)

TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%

b)

all tall

c)

TT= 75% tt = 25%

d)

Tt = 100%

10.

How many alleles does an individual normally have for each trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

Who was the Austrian monk that experimented on pea plants and is called the "father of genetics"?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Francis Crick

d)

James Watson

12.

The only way for a recessive trait to appear is for an organism to have

a)

two dominant alleles

b)

two recessive alleles

c)

one dominant allele and one recessive allele

13.

Based on this Punnett Square, which answer correctly describes the offspring?

a)

3/4 are tall and purple

b)

All are tall and purple

c)

3/4 are short and white

d)

All are short and white

14.

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett square represents what probability of an offspring's genotype?

a)

25%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

0%

15.
Black hair color is dominant to white hair color in mice.  Determine the phenotypic ratio for the offpring of a heterozygous black mouse and a white mouse.
a)
4 Black: 0 White
b)
3 Black: 1 White
c)
2 Black: 2 White
d)
0 Black: 4 White
16.

What is a GENOTYPE?

a)

the genetic make-up of an organism

b)

the physical trait of an organism

c)

mitosis

d)

meiosis

17.

PHENOTYPE is

a)

the genetic make-up of an organism

b)

the physical trait of an organism

c)

nucleic acid

d)

Aa

18.

The prefix "homo" means

a)

different

b)

same

c)

tomorrow

d)

never

19.

The prefix "hetero" means

a)

different

b)

ugly

c)

fancy

d)

same

20.
Which of the characteristics is a lion least likely to pass on to its offspring?
a)
fur color
b)
length of tail
c)
scars on leg
d)
body size