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Heredity and Genetic Traits

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which piece of genetic information looks like a long twisted/coiled ladder?

a)

Chromosome

b)

DNA

c)

ATP

d)

Nucleus

2.

Which genotype is hetrozygous?

a)

Bb

b)

BB

c)

DD

d)

dd

3.

Which genotype is homozygous dominant?

a)

Bb

b)

bb

c)

BB

d)

Dd

4.

Which is NOT an example of a phenotype?

a)

black fur

b)

blue eyes

c)

brown hair

d)

bb

5.

Which genotype is homozygous recessive?

a)

Bb

b)

BB

c)

bb

d)

brown eyes

6.

Which of the following traits is encoded in your DNA?

a)

Your personality

b)

Your likes and dislikes

c)

Your intelligence

d)

Your eye color

7.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Your set of DNA is the same as your siblings'

b)

Your set of DNA is the same as your mother's

c)

Your set of DNA is the same as your father's

d)

Your set of DNA is unique to you

8.
One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________
a)
recessive trait
b)
aggressive trait
c)
absent trait
d)
dominant trait
9.

_____________________ is the physical appearance of an organism (how it looks)

a)

phenotype

b)

ratio

c)

recessive trait

d)

heredity

10.

Dominant or recessive?


tt

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

11.

Dominant genes are represented by a ________

a)

Male gene

b)

lowercase letter

c)

recessive trait

d)

capital letter

12.

When the two alleles of a gene are different

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

c)

Phenotype

d)

Genotype

13.

The two alleles that control the phenotype

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

allele

d)

gene

14.

The different forms of a gene

a)

trait

b)

phenotype

c)

genotype

d)

allele

15.

The brown eye trait is dominant over blue eyes. Which of the following genotypes best represents the phenotype for blue eyes?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

bB

16.

T - tall and t = short

In the Punnett square, what belongs in the missing square?

a)

tt

b)

Tt

c)

TT

17.

G = green, g = yellow

The genotype for a yellow plant is...

a)

GG

b)

Gg

c)

gg

d)

all of the choices result in yellow

18.

Aa, DD, Ba, and yy are all examples of ---

a)

genotypes

b)

phenotypes

19.

Brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes. What is the probability that the offspring will have brown eyes in this cross?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

20.
What is the phenotype of the heterozygous parent in the punnett square?
a)
green
b)
yellow
c)
hybrid
d)
purebred