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Genetics Practice

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A genotype describes the physical characteristics of an individual.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

A phenotype describes the genetic make-up of an individual.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

When Mendel crossed true-breeding tall plants (TT) with true-breeding short plants (tt), all of the offspring were tall because...

a)

The allele for tall plants is recessive.

b)

The allele for short plants is dominant.

c)

The allele for tall plants is dominant

4.

What is the relationship between phenotype and genotype?

a)

The phenotype determines the genotype.

b)

The genotype determines the phenotype.

c)

There is no relationship between phenotype and genotype.

5.

Tt is an example of...

a)

Homozygous Dominant

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous Recessive

6.

Multiple alleles refer to an inheritance pattern that has more than two alleles that control phenotype.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which option below best describes polygenic inheritance?

a)

More than one set of genes contributing to the phenotype

b)

A blending of genes getting an intermediate phenotype

c)

A phenotype that has more than 2 possible alleles for a gene

8.

A white rose and a red rose produce a pink rose, which type of inheritance does this show?

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

Multiple alleles

d)

Polygenic inheritance

9.

A kitten has spots and stripes. The mother has stripes and the father has spots. Which law of inheritance does this show?

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

multiple alleles

d)

polygenic inheritance

10.
Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.
a)
23, 46
b)
46, 23
c)
2, 4
d)
50, 100
11.
What is it called when a sperm and egg meet?
a)
meiosis
b)
fertilization
c)
cell division
d)
mitosis
12.

The color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p). According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being white?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

13.

The color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p). According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being PURPLE?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

14.

In a genotype, what does the lower case letter represent?

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

15.

Which sex chromosome combination is for a female?

a)

XY

b)

XX

c)

YY

d)

XXY

16.

Which genotype pair is homozygous recessive?

a)

A. Aa

b)

A. bb

c)

C. CC

d)

D. Cc

17.

Multi-cellular organisms use mitosis for all of the following reasons except...

a)

reproduction

b)

growth

c)

repair

d)

replacement

18.
The passing of inherited traits from parents to offspring
a)
acquired traits
b)
inherited traits
c)
heredity
d)
genetics
19.

Where were you born?

a)

Utah

b)

A different state in America

c)

A different country

d)

A different planet

20.

Examples include skin color and height (the individual's phenotype exists somewhere along a spectrum)

a)

polygenic inheritance

b)

multiple alleles

c)

linked genes

d)

incomplete dominance

21.

Who was the scientist that studied pea plants to determine heredity?

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Leroy Jethro Gibbs

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

James Watson

22.

A trait that is located on the X chromosome is called

a)

Multiple alleles

b)

Codominance

c)

Polygenic Inheritance

d)

X-linked traits (Sex-Linked)

23.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
d)
Blue eyes
24.

What is NOT a possible genotype for someone with type B blood?

a)

BB

b)

AB

c)

BO

25.
What is the genotype of a person with type A blood, who had a father with type O blood?
a)
AB
b)
AO
c)
AA
d)
OO
26.

A woman has type B blood and her husband has type O blood. What must be the woman's genotype, if they have a child with type O blood?

a)

BO

b)

BB

c)

OO

d)

B

27.

What type of inheritance is determined by multiple genes and there can be a range of traits?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Polygenic traits

28.

AB blood type is an example of what type of inheritance? Both alleles show in the phenotype

a)

complete dominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

codominance

d)

polygenic inheritance