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Genetics Quiz 1

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pick the inherited traits

a)

Freckles

b)

Dimples

c)

Sense of Humor

d)

Singing voice

2.

Choose the Dominant Homozygous gene

a)

Gg

b)

gg

c)

GG

d)

gG

3.

Choose the Dominant Heterozygous gene

a)

gg

b)

Gg

c)

GG

d)

gG

4.

Choose the Recessive Homozygous gene

a)

Gg

b)

gg

c)

GG

d)

gG

5.

Yellow body color (Y) is dominant to blue (y). Which phenotype will be expressed if the genotype is Yy?

a)

Blue body color

b)

Yellow body color

c)

Green body color

d)

Albino body color

6.

Yellow body color (Y) is dominant to blue (y). Which genotype will need to be present to express blue body color?

a)

YY

b)

Yy

c)

yy

d)

yY

7.

Square shape (R) is dominant to round (r). Which phenotype will be expressed if the genotype is rr?

a)

Square shape

b)

Round shape

c)

Triangle shape

d)

Trapezoid shape

8.

Square shape (R) is dominant to round (r). Which genotype will need to be present if the phenotype Square body is expressed?

a)

RR

b)

Rr

c)

rr

d)

rR

9.

Cross a female (Bb) with a male (bb): What you need to know about the mice: In laboratory rats, brown coat color (B) is dominant over white coat color (b). Make a Punnett square to answer the next questions. What is the probability of getting a brown rat?

a)

78%

b)

25%

c)

100%

d)

50%

10.

What would the Homozygous dominant genotype be?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

bB

11.

What would the phenotype be if the genotype was bb?

a)

Brown

b)

Palomino

c)

Pink

d)

White

12.

What color is a male rat?

a)

Brown

b)

Palomino

c)

Pink

d)

White

13.

Punnett Square

a)

a chart that shows all possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

b)

a pair of genes that is the same

c)

a pair of genes that is different

d)

cell division

14.

Meiosis

a)

a loss of feeling in your fingers

b)

cell division that results in four daughter cells

c)

two genes that are different

d)

reproductive process with only one parent

15.

Budding

a)

Sexual reproduction in which there are two parents

b)

a chart that shows all possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

c)

Asexual reproduction in which a part of the parent organism pinches off and starts a new organism

d)

cell division in which the nucleus divides

16.

Pedigree

a)

cell division that produces four daughter cells

b)

a chart or family tree that tracks which family members have a particular trait

c)

Sexual reproduction where there are two parents

d)

a chart which shows all possible combinations of alleles from a genetic cross

17.

Selective Breeding

a)

the alien breeding program of humans on Earth

b)

cell division that splits the nucleous

c)

the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits

d)

a pair of genes that is different

18.

Sexual Reproduction

a)

reproductive process that includes only one parent

b)

reproductive process that included two parents

c)

reproductive process in which a piece of the parent breaks off

d)

cell division that results in 4 daughter cells

19.

Mitosis

a)

cell division in which the nucleus divides

b)

cell division which results in 4 daughter cells

c)

reproductive process that involves only one parent

d)

reproductive process that includes two parents

20.

Homozygous

a)

a pair of genes that are different (dominant and recessive)

b)

a pair of genes that is the same (dominant or recessive)

c)

a chart or family tree

d)

a chart that show all possible allele combinations

21.

Health means....

a)

to be passed from generation to generation

b)

the combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well-being

c)

a difference in species

d)

traits that are passed down through reproduction

22.

Environment

a)

recurring characteristics or behaviors

b)

single parent reproduction

c)

every non-genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us

d)

every genetic influence

23.

Offspring

a)

non-genetic influence

b)

recurring characterisitic

c)

biometric payment systems

d)

product of reproduction

24.

Asexual reproduction

a)

two members of a species reproduce to create offspring

b)

process by which a single parent reproduces itself

c)

a characteristic that is similar within a species

d)

a characteristic that is different within a species

25.

Patterns are....

a)

recurring characteristics or events

b)

differences within a species

c)

single parent reproduction

d)

non-genetic influence

26.

Punnett Square

a)

recurring characteristics or behaviors

b)

single parent reproduction

c)

differences within a species

d)

diagram showing gene combinations

27.

Heterozygous

a)

a pair of genes that are both the same (dominant or recessive)

b)

a pair of genes that are both different (dominant and recessive)

c)

a chart that shows all possible combinations of alleles

d)

the distance from hither to yon