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DNA & Traits - Genetics Biology Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is circled in the pictures?

a)

Genes

b)

DNA

c)

Alleles

d)

Chromosones

2.

What is circled in the diagram?

a)

Allele

b)

DNA

c)

Gene

d)

Chromosones

3.

Adenine pairs with:

a)

Cytosine

b)

Thymine

c)

Guanine

d)

Uracil

4.

Guanine pairs with:

a)

Adenine

b)

Cytosine

c)

Thymine

d)

Uracil

5.

Traits that are learned, not born with, or obtained physically and behaviorally are called what?

a)

Inherited traits

b)

Inhabitant traits

c)

Acquainted traits

d)

Acquired traits

6.

What is represented in the picture?

a)

Chromosomes

b)

Allele

c)

Genes

d)

DNA

7.

A _____ is a short section of a chromosome.

a)

DNA

b)

Chromosome

c)

Gene

d)

Trait

8.

Organisms receive 1/2 of their chromosomes from each of their _______.

a)

Parents

b)

Siblings

c)

Friends

d)

Government

9.

TRUE OR FALSE: Heredity is the inheritance and passing down of traits from parent to offspring.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

There are multiple different gene versions out there in any one species' gene pool.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Humans have ____ pairs of chromosomes that make up their entire DNA.

a)

14

b)

46

c)

112

d)

10,252

12.

Each ______ codes for a specific protein.

a)

Gene

b)

Acquired trait

c)

Eye color

d)

Person

13.

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine are all ________ bases.

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Phosphate

d)

Ladder

14.

DNA has a special structure called a _______ _____.

a)

Spiral staircase

b)

Double helix

c)

Split Level

d)

'A' frame

15.

DNA is written in a 4 letter code... Those letters are:

a)

1,2,3,4

b)

A, B, C, D

c)

A, T, C, G

d)

M, D, N, A

16.

DNA is short for:

a)

Dehydrated Ribose Nucleic Acid

b)

Deoxygenatenucleus Acid

c)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

d)

Twisted

17.

Which of the following is an acquired trait?

a)

Thick eyebrows

b)

Thin lips

c)

Learning Spanish

d)

Naturally curly hair

18.

Chromosomes are found in the _______ of every cell.

a)

Ribosome

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Medulla Oblongata

d)

Nucleus

19.
a)

This is an organism's entire DNA

b)

This is an organism's Chromosome

c)

This is an organism's Gene.

d)

This is an organism's Trait.