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Reproduction, Heredity and Growth

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent organism produces offspring with identical genetic information.

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

fertilization

d)

allele

2.

Reproduction in which sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that shares traits from both parents.

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

fertilization

d)

allele

3.

A coiled-up section of DNA .

a)

sexual reproduction

b)

fertilization

c)

chromosome

d)

allele

4.

The combination of two specialized sex cells.

a)

chromosome

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

fertilization

5.

A section of DNA containing instructions for making a specific protein.

a)

gene

b)

allele

c)

dominant allele

d)

chromosome

6.

A version of a gene.

a)

chromosome

b)

allele

c)

fertilization

d)

gene

7.

A version of a gene that needs only one copy to produce its trait

a)

allele

b)

gene

c)

dominant allele

d)

recessive allele

8.

A version of a gene that needs two copies to produce its trait.

a)

dominant allele

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

recessive allele

9.

A diagram that predicts the chances of an offspring having a trait.

a)

geneticist

b)

Punnett square

c)

gene

d)

chromosome

10.

A scientist who studies genes and their inheritance through reproduction.

a)

herpetologist

b)

botanist

c)

geneticist

d)

biologist

11.

A genetically determined characteristic.

a)

gene

b)

allele

c)

trait

d)

DNA

12.

A molecule that is made up of amino acids and that is needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body.

a)

fat

b)

gene

c)

muscle

d)

protein

13.

The process by which a characteristic is passed from parent to offspring.

a)

offspring

b)

inheritance

c)

gene

d)

seed

14.

A new organism that results from sexual or asexual reproductions.

a)

gene

b)

allele

c)

gamete

d)

offspring

15.

A haploid reproductive cell that unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote.

a)

allele

b)

zygote

c)

gamete

d)

seed

16.

The transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female structures of seed plants.

a)

hibernation

b)

fertilization

c)

procrastination

d)

pollination

17.

A plant embryo that is enclosed in a protective coat.

a)

seed

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

leaf