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Genetics Grade 8

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

VOCABULARY:

Plant pollinates itself

a)

cross pollination

b)

self pollination

c)

hybrid

d)

pure-bread

2.

VOCABULARY:

manually transferring pollen from the male parts of a flower to the female

a)

cross pollination

b)

self pollination

c)

allele

d)

gene

3.

VOCABULARY:

one that always produces offspring that resembles the parent

a)

purebread

b)

hybrid

c)

true breeding

d)

allele

4.

VOCABULARY:

when an organism has Gennes that are alike for a trait

a)

True breeding plant

b)

purebred

c)

allele

d)

chromosome

5.

VOCABULARY:

the offspring of a true breeding plants with different characteristics

a)

allele

b)

gene

c)

hybrid

d)

dominant gene

6.

The stronger of the 2 genes is..

(TT)

a)

dominant gene

b)

recessive gene

7.

the weaker of the 2 genes is...

(tt)

a)

dominant gene

b)

recessive gene

8.

Who was Gregor Mendel

(select all that apply)

a)

father of genetics

b)

austrian monk and biologist

c)

studied traits (characteristics) of pea plants

d)

he created nucleotides

9.

True or False:

Gregor Mendel chose pea plants because they were easy to breed and cross pollinate

a)

True

b)

False

10.

white flower+white flower= white (expected)

what did Mendel call this...

a)

true breeding

b)

purebred

c)

hybrid

11.

Purple flower+purple flower= purple AND white

after preforming these experiments, what was Mendel's conclusions?

a)

not all plants are true-breeders

b)

not all plants are hybrid

c)

not all plants are purebreds

12.

What was the 2nd generation of plants called

a)

parental generation

b)

Fifal or F

c)

hybrids

13.

TRUE OR FLASE:

genes are not passed from one generation to the next.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

VOCABULARY:

threadlike structures that contain the genetic info that control traits

a)

chromosomes

b)

allele

c)

gene

d)

phenotype

15.

VOCABULARY:

the part of the chromosome that contains the genetic information of a PARTICULAR trait.

a)

gene

b)

allele

c)

pedigree

d)

heterozygous

16.

VOCABULARY:

the different form of the gene

a)

gene pairs

b)

allele

c)

mutations

d)

deletion

17.

VOCABULARY:

a chart to show possible outcomes or combination of the cross between 2 organism

a)

punet square

b)

pedigree

18.

VOCABULARY:

chart (family tree) that tracks family members with certain traits

a)

punnet square

b)

pedigree

19.

what is this an example of (Rr or RR)

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

mutation

d)

sex linked disorders

20.

TRUE OR FLASE:

someones eye color is an example of a PHENOTYPE

a)

true

b)

false

21.

VOCABUALRY:

both alleles in the gene pair are the same

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

22.

VOCABUALRY:

both alleles in the gene pair are different

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

23.

the possibility that an event may or may not take place is..

a)

probability

b)

mutations

c)

gene pairs

d)

disorders

24.

VOCABULARY:

when the offering has a combination of both parents

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codminance

c)

polygenic inheritance

25.

when the offspring has a presence of both alleles

EX: red*white=both red and white

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

polygenic inheritance

26.

VOCABULARY:

when multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait

human height, skin color, eye color

a)

polygenic inheritance

b)

codminance

c)

incomplete dominance

27.

how many alleles can each person carry??

a)

2

b)

5

c)

1

d)

6

e)

7

28.

blood types: A, B, AB, and O

A and B are codominent, and O is..

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

c)

idk

29.

which of the following are environmental effects on phenotypes??

a)

diet can affect height

b)

medical care

c)

living conditions

d)

sleep

30.

true or false:

a mutation is from a change in the nucleotide sequence of a chromosome

a)

true

b)

false

31.

VOCABULARY:

reduces chances for survival and reproduction (cancer)

a)

deletion

b)

helpful

c)

harmful

d)

substitution

32.

VOCABULARY:

improves chance for survival and reproduction (disease resistant)

a)

helpful

b)

harmful

c)

mutations

d)

insertion

33.

what its deletion??

a)

one or more nitrogen bases left out

b)

one or more nitrogen bases ADDED

c)

one nitrogen base is replaced by a different nitrogen base

34.

what is insertion?

a)

one or more nitrogen bases ADDED

b)

one nitrogen base is replaced by a different nitrogen base

c)

one or more nitrogen bases left out

35.

what is substation??

a)

one or more nitrogen bases left out

b)

one nitrogen base is replaced by a different nitrogen base

c)

one or more nitrogen bases added

36.

true or false:

sex chromosomes are the pair that always do match

Female=xx

Male=xy

a)

true

b)

false

37.

what are most common colors of color blindness

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

green

d)

yellow

38.

true or false:

males xy have no dominant gene block for traits that will be present

a)

true

b)

false

39.

what disorder is this?

-caused bye recessive gene

-Northern European ancestry

-thick mucus in the lungs and intestines

a)

cystic fibroses

b)

sickle cell disease

c)

down syndrome

d)

hemophilia

40.

what disorder is this?

-recessive blood disorder

-production of hemoglobin affected

-cells are sickled shaped, not round

-African ancestry

a)

hemophilia

b)

sickle cell disease

c)

Down syndrome

d)

cystic fibrosis

41.

what disorder is this?

-extra chromosome on the 21st pair

-malfunction during meiosis chromosomes split improperly

-distinct physical appearance, some degree of mental retardation

a)

down syndrome

b)

cystic fibrosis

c)

hemophilia

d)

sickle cell disease

42.

what disorder is this?

-blood disorder--little or no clotting

-called by recessive allele one x chromosome

a)

hemophilia

b)

sickle cell disease

c)

down syndrome

d)

cystic fibroses

43.

true or false:

amniocentesis is the testing done during a pregnancy

a)

true

b)

false

44.

true or false:

karyotype is a picture of all the chromosomes

a)

true

b)

false