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WorksheetsSect 8.11 - 8.13 Quiz for CK12
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The first set of organisms crossed in Mendel's experiments were the _____ generation. (1)
F1
Parent
F2
Hybrid
The best way to determine the genotype of an unknown parent in the parent generation is to do a _____ where the parent is crossed with a homozygous recessive. (1)
Pedigree
Dihybrid cross
Test cross
Heterozygous cross
When two different alleles are present in one genotype, the genotype is said to be _____. (1)
Homozygous
Pure breeding
Recessive
Heterozygous
_____ is/are the process of combining male and female gametes that result in a diploid zygote. (1)
Fertilization
Gamete production
Punnett Squares
Pedigrees
_____ is the physical appearance of an organism. (1)
Phenotype
Genotype
Dominant trait
Recessive trait
When there are two identical alleles present in a genotype it is said to be _____. (1)
Recessive
Dominant
Heterozygous
Homozygous
_____ are the Alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait for an organism. (1)
Phenotypes
Traits
Alleles
Genotypes
_____ is/are the combination of genes in an organism represented by at least two alleles. (1)
Traits
Phenotype
Genotype
True breeding
A characteristic that is inherited that can be either dominant or recessive is called a _____. (1)
Trait
Genotype
Phenotype
Gene
_____ is the branch of biology that studies heredity. (1)
Biology
Genetics
Epigenetics
Meiosis
The haploid male and female sex cells are called _____. (1)
Genes
Traits
Gametes
Somatic cells
Haploid gametes or sex cells are produced by _____. (1)
Fertilization
Mitosis
Meiosis
Monohybrid crosses
A cell with one half of the original number of chromosomes that is labeled with "n" for the number of chromosomes is said to be _____. (1)
True breeding
Somatic
Diploid
Haploid
_____ is/are the genetic representation of a family tree tracking the inheritance of a trait across multiple Generations. (1)
Homologous crosses
Dihybrid crosses
Monohybrid crosses
Pedigrees
_____ are The Offspring of the first cross in Mendel's experiments where the recessive trait disappeared. (1)
P generation
F1 generation
F2 generation
F3 generation
_____ describes a cell with a full set of DNA or two homologous chromosomes for each characteristic and is labeled as 2n. (1)
Diploid
Haploid
Gamete
Homologous
Paired chromosomes represented with two alleles that are the same is/are said to be _____. (1)
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Diploid
Haploid
A segment of a chromosome that codes for a particular trait or protein and has a specific loci is called a _____. (1)
Gamete
Allele
Gene
Dominant trait
The last generation of Mendel's experiments where the recessive trait reappeared is called the _____ generation. (1)
P generation
F1 generation
F2 generation
F3 generation
_____ is/are the trait that when present will mask the other trait 75% of the time. (1)
Alleles
Recessive
Dominant
Hybrid
In a pedigree, a square represents a _____. (1)
Male
Female
Parent
Offspring
A circle or Square on a pedigree that are half shaded in represents a _____. (1)
Carrier for a trait
Person affected with the condition
An unaffected normal person
Twins
On a pedigree, a circle represents a _____. (1)
Male
Female
Offspring
A person who has the condition
All the people listed in one horizontal line of a pedigree represent one _____. (1)
Affected person
Normal person
Generation
Individual
_____ occurs when both traits appear in a heterozygous offspring like a red flower with white spots. (1)
Multiple alleles
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Dominance
_____ occurs when the phenotype of The Offspring is somewhere between the parents like a red and white flower make a pink flower. (1)
Mendelian genetics
Multiple alleles
Codominance
Incomplete dominance
When a trait is controlled by three or more alleles like blood types are, it is said to have _____. (1)
Multiple alleles
Codominance
Incomplete dominance
Gene transfer
_____ is the influence of the environment on the phenotype expressed by an organism. (1)
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Genotype
Epigenetics
Stress, physical and mental abuse, diet, exposure to toxins, pathogens, and radiation are examples of _____. (1)
Environmental triggers
Phenotypes
Carcinogens
Traits
_____ help us understand the relative importance of environmental and genetic influences on individual traits and behaviors. (1)
Environmental triggers
Twin studies
Monozygotics
Dizygotics
