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Unit 7: Genetics & Heredity Review Game

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which option below correctly describes the term trait?

a)

Characteristics passed from an offspring to a parent

b)

The letters used to show possible alleles

c)

A version of the trait that can hide a recessive allele

d)

Characteristics passed from a parent to an offspring

2.

When expressing dominant versus recessive alleles, what do we use to represent a recessive trait compared to a dominant trait?

a)

A recessive trait uses an uppercase letter, dominant uses a lowercase letter

b)

A recessive trait uses a lowercase letter, dominant uses an uppercase letter

c)

Both use uppercase letters

d)

Both use lowercase letters

3.

If an organism is heterozygous for a classic mendelian trait, what version of the trait will be observed as the phenotype?

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

4.

Glynn has been working to breed spotted horses as they are in high demand for that coat color. When speaking of the horse's coat color what is being described?

a)

Glynn is discussing genotypes but not phenotypes

b)

Glynn is discussing phenotypes and not genotypes

c)

Glynn is describing the breeding pair's genotype as GG

5.

What are Punnett squares used for?

a)

Determine parent genotypes

b)

Determine parent phenotypes

c)

Determine possible offspring genotypes and phenotypes

d)

None of the above

6.

Being a tongue roller (R) is dominant to being a non-roller (r). If we cross a heterozygous individual with a non-roller what is the chance of having heterozygous offspring?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

7.

In pea plants having green seeds (G) is dominant to having yellow seeds (g). Two heterozygous pea plants are crossed. What would be the ratio of green to yellow seeds in the offspring?

a)

2:2

b)

1:3

c)

3:1

d)

4:0

8.

Blue birds are crossed with red birds. All offspring are purple. The feather color of these birds is an example of what?

a)

Complete Dominance (Mendelian)

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Codominance

d)

Sex-Linked Trait

9.

If yellow flowers (Y) and red flowers (R) are codominant, what is the chance of getting a red flower if you cross a heterozygous flower with a red flower?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

10.

A woman who is homozygous for Type A blood has a child with a man who is heterozygous for Type B blood. What is the chance of their child having Type B Blood?

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

11.

What do we call traits that are controlled by more than one type of allele?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Sex-Linked Traits

d)

Multiple Alleles

12.

Color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. If a heterozygous female has an offspring with an affected male, what is the chance they will have an affected offspring? What biological sex could the offspring be?

a)

100% chance, both male and female

b)

25% chance, male

c)

50% chance, both male and female

d)

75% chance, both male and female

13.

Nondisjunction is related to serious chromosomal disorders in humans. Which of the following is a way nondisjunction impacts chromosomes?

a)

Alters the chromosome structure

b)

Alters the number of chromosomes

c)

Alters the number of gametes produced

d)

Alters the number of zygotes produced

14.

Down syndrome is caused by a type of nondisjunction. What specific chromosome is impacted to produce down syndrome?

a)

1 copy of chromosome 13

b)

3 copies of chromosome 21

c)

3 copies of chromosome 7

d)

An extra sex chromosome is produced

15.

What type of nondisjunction is hown in the karyotype above?

a)

Monosomy

b)

Trisomy

c)

Normal Karyotype

16.

What is the biological sex of the individual in this karyotype?

a)

Male

b)

Female

c)

Sex Chromosome Disorder

17.

How many individual autosomes are in this karyotype?

a)

23

b)

45

c)

44

d)

46

18.

What is the name of the process where gametes are made in a cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes?

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

c)

Codominance

d)

Multiple Alleles

19.

How many chromosomes will each of the human daughter cells have at the end of meiosis?

a)

12

b)

23

c)

46

d)

92

20.

Which of the following statements is true about Meiosis in humans?

a)

The end product has 2 daughter cells with 46 chromosomes

b)

The end product has 2 daughter cells with 23 chromosomes

c)

The end product has 4 daughter cells with 46 chromosomes

d)

The end product has 4 daughter cells with 23 chromosomes

21.

What type of cell is produced through meiosis?

a)

Somatic (Body) Cell

b)

Gamete

c)

Zygote

d)

None of the Above

22.

Identify the stage of Meiosis in the picture provided.

a)

Metaphase 1

b)

Anaphase 1

c)

Prophase 2

d)

Telophase 2

23.

What stage of meiosis do the individual chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell?

a)

Metaphase 1

b)

Metaphase 2

c)

Anaphase 1

d)

Anaphase 2

24.

Another type of chromosomal disorder that can be seen on karyotypes is called translocation. Which of the following correctly describes this type of disorder?

a)

Patient has an extra copy of a chromosome

b)

Patient is missing one chromosome

c)

Patient has one chromosome break off a piece that attaches to a different chromosome

25.

Scientists are working to find ways of helping individuals who have defective alleles that lead to disorders. What do we call the process of introducing normal genes into the cells of people with defective alleles?

a)

Translocation

b)

Nondisjunction

c)

Gene Therapy

d)

Radiation Therapy

26.

In which phase does crossing-over happen?

a)

Prophase I

b)

Prophase II

c)

Metaphase I

d)

Anaphase II

27.

What phase is this?

a)

Telophase I

b)

Prophase II

c)

Metaphase I

d)

Anaphase II

28.

What phase is this?

a)

Metaphase II

b)

Prophase I

c)

Telophase I

d)

Anaphase I

29.

What phase is this?

a)

Metaphase II

b)

Prophase I

c)

Telophase II

d)

Anaphase I

30.

In humans, the haploid number of chromosomes is ____.

a)

23

b)

46

c)

69

d)

92

31.

Check all of the following that DO occur during Telophase I and cytokinesis.

a)

The separated homologous chromosomes are at opposite poles of the cell.

b)

The cell divides in two.

c)

The chromosomes do not uncoil, since they are getting ready for Meiosis II.

d)

Sister chromatids are pulled away from each other.

32.

True or False. In Meiosis II, there are TWO cells that go through each phase at the same time.

a)

true

b)

false

33.

Which of the following are CORRECT observations about the differences between MITOSIS and MEIOSIS? (Check all that apply.)

a)

Mitosis produces cells that identical to the parent cell.

b)

Meiosis produces cells that have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

c)

All cells go through INTERPHASE as part of the cell cycle, whether it goes to mitosis or meiosis next.

d)

In both types of cell division, the chromosomes are only duplicated once.

e)

Only in Mitosis, do you see chromosomes pair up to form a tetrad.

34.

The products of MEIOSIS have _______ number of chromosomes.

a)

haploid

b)

diploid

35.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
36.
AA and Aa always show up as
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
37.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
38.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
39.
In pea plants, the tall allele is dominant to the short allele. What key would demonstrate this?
a)
Tall = T
Short = S
b)
Tall = T
Short = t
c)
Tall = t
Short = T
d)
Tall = TT
Short = tt
40.
A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
41.
What is the probability of a purple-horned unicorn if a heterozygous pink-horned unicorn is crossed with a heterozygous pink-horned unicorn?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
42.
Leonardo bet his friend Olivet that two heterozygous green-eyed sea monsters could not have a recessive blue-eyed baby sea monster. Olivet said they can have a blue-eyed sea monster.
Who wins the bet?
a)
Leonardo
b)
Olivet
c)
Both
d)
Neither
43.
A breed of chicken shows codominance for feather color. One allele codes for black feathers, another codes for white feathers. The feathers of heterozygous chickens of this breed will be:
a)
all black
b)
all white
c)
all gray
d)
speckled black and white
44.
If this image were real, it would represent what type of inheritance?
a)
incomplete dominance
b)
codominance
c)
polygenic inheritance
d)
compete dominance
45.
This is an example of ___________?
a)
Incomplete dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
46.
The different forms of a gene are called
a)
traits
b)
pollinators
c)
alleles
d)
hybrids