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Heredity

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT a reason cells undergo mitosis?

a)

growth

b)

make sperm and egg

c)

repair damaged cells

d)

replace dead cells

2.

What is the name of the process that creates sperm and egg?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

interphase

d)

cytokinesis

3.

How many chromosomes are in a human sperm?

a)

23

b)

23 pairs

c)

46

d)

46 pairs

4.

How many chromosomes are in normal body cells, like in your muscles or skin?

a)

23

b)

23 pairs

c)

46 pairs

d)

92

5.

Alleles from each parent mix to form traits during...

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

fertilization

d)

attraction

6.

Which individual is considered the "Father of Genetics"?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Gregor Mendel

7.

When is the only way a recessive allele able to be expressed?

a)

Homozygous Dominant

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous Recessive

d)

Recessive alleles are always expressed

8.

Which is a dominant trait?

a)

blue eyes

b)

brown hair

c)

blonde hair

d)

inability to roll tongue

9.

What can a Punnett Square be used for?

a)

doing your ELA homework

b)

measuring and cutting wood for birdhouses

c)

line dancing in Texas

d)

predicting traits in offspring

10.

Heredity is...

a)

the study of criminal investigations.

b)

the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

c)

the study of spiders.

d)

the study of how organisms evolve over time.

11.

Which is NOT a characteristic of dominant traits?

a)

appears less often

b)

capital letter

c)

masks the recessive

d)

appears no matter what

12.

Can parents with brown eyes have a blue eyed child?

a)

Yes, if they are both homozygous recessive.

b)

Yes, if they are both heterozygous

c)

Yes, if they are both homozygous dominant.

d)

No. It can never ever ever happen.

13.

Sometimes mistakes happen when a gene is being transcribed. What is this called?

a)

trisomy

b)

monosomy

c)

pedigree

d)

mutation

14.

Which genotype is considered to be homozygous dominant?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

Homozygous dominant is a figment of Ms. Emers' imagination

15.

Which one of the following is an ACQUIRED trait (not inherited)?

a)

tattoos

b)

cleft chin

c)

dimples

d)

gender

16.

Mutations can lead to...

a)

genetic disorders.

b)

evolutionary adaptations.

c)

new traits.

d)

all of the above!

17.

Gregor Mendel found that dominant traits appear in what ratio to recessive traits?

a)

1:1

b)

2:1

c)

3:1

d)

4:1

18.

Which is NOT one of the three parts to a Punnett Square?

a)

Key

b)

Square

c)

Answer

d)

Incomplete sentence in the answer.

19.

The environmental turning on and off of genes is called...

a)

cloning.

b)

pedigrees.

c)

epigenetics.

d)

genetic engineering.

20.

The name of the process that allows gene editing is called...

a)

CRISPR.

b)

MENDEL.

c)

CLONING.

d)

MEIOSIS.

21.

Which kind of cell, present in the gonads, is destined to become a sperm or egg?

a)

Gamete

b)

Germ cell

c)

Guard cell

d)

Gunderson's cell