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Unit 4 - Predicting Offspring's Traits

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Someone whose genotype is Bb has a ____% chance of passing on the recessive allele to her offspring.

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

100%

2.

Someone whose genotype is bb has a ____% chance of passing on the recessive allele to his offspring.

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

100%

3.

A heterozygous genotype

a)

someone whose two alleles for a trait give different 'instructions' (ex: for eye color, one allele codes for brown eyes and one codes allele for blue eyes)

b)

someone whose two alleles for a trait give the same 'instructions' (ex: for eye color, both alleles code for brown eyes)

4.

A homozygous genotype

a)

someone whose two alleles for a trait give different 'instructions' (ex: for eye color, one allele codes for brown eyes and one codes allele for blue eyes)

b)

someone whose two alleles for a trait give the same 'instructions' (ex: for eye color, both alleles code for brown eyes)

5.

A heterozygous genotype

a)

hh

b)

Hh

c)

HH

6.

A homozygous recessive genotype

a)

hh

b)

Hh

c)

HH

7.

A homozygous dominant genotype

a)

hh

b)

Hh

c)

HH

8.

Brown hair is dominant. Red hair is recessive. What's the phenotype of someone who is homozygous dominant for hair color?

a)

red hair

b)

brown hair

9.

Brown hair is dominant. Red hair is recessive. What's the phenotype of someone who is homozygous recessive for hair color?

a)

red hair

b)

brown hair

10.

Brown hair is dominant. Red hair is recessive. What's the phenotype of someone who is heterozygous for hair color?

a)

red hair

b)

brown hair

11.

The ability to roll your tongue is dominant. What's the phenotype of someone whose genotype for tongue-rolling is RR?

a)

can roll their tongue

b)

can't roll their tongue

12.

The ability to roll your tongue is dominant. What's the phenotype of someone whose genotype for tongue-rolling is Rr?

a)

can roll their tongue

b)

can't roll their tongue

13.

The ability to roll your tongue is dominant. What's the phenotype of someone whose genotype for tongue-rolling is rr?

a)

can roll their tongue

b)

can't roll their tongue

14.

A person has blue eyes, which is a recessive trait. What's their genotype?

a)

ee

b)

Ee

c)

EE

15.

In pea plants, purple flowers are dominant over white flowers. A purple-flowering pea plant and a white-flowering pea plant are crossed. Half of their offspring are purple; half are white. What were the parent plants' genotypes?

a)

FF and ff

b)

Ff and ff

c)

ff and ff

d)

FF and Ff