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Chapter 8 study Guide

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Father of Genetics?

a)

Williams

b)

Mendel

c)

Aristotle

d)

Punnett

2.

What do the following characters indiciate? TT

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

heterozygous

c)

homozygous dominant

d)

homozygous recessive

3.

If an organism has two different alleles for a single trait, the organism is said to be

a)

homozygous

b)

dihybrid

c)

monohybrid

d)

heterozygous

4.

Males have sex chromosomes that are labeled

a)

XX

b)

YY

c)

XY

d)

XYY

5.

The Punnett square was created by

a)

Roger Punnett

b)

Gregor Punnett

c)

Reginald Punnett

d)

Gregor Mendel

6.

True or False

Sex-linked traits are determined by genes located on autosomes.

(a)  

7.

True or False

Heredity is the of the passing of traits from generation to another.

(a)  

8.

True or False

The physical expression of a trait is an organism's phenotype.

(a)  

9.

True or False

A dominant trait is covered by the presence of a recessive trait.

(a)  

10.

Traits that are determined by genes found on either X or Y chromosomes are know as _________ traits

a)

purebred

b)

polygenic

c)

sex-linked

d)

dihybrid

11.

A(n) ______ or homozygous organisms have the same alleles present for a trait.

a)

alleles

b)

monohybrid

c)

purebred

d)

dihybrid

12.

the different forms of a trait are called ________

a)

alleles

b)

sex-linked

c)

polygenic

d)

monohybrid

13.

organisms with 2 different alleles are called heterozygous or _________

a)

alleles

b)

purebred

c)

hybrid

d)

dihybrid

14.

What are autosomes

(a)  

15.

organisms that have homologous pairs of chromosomes are called _______, while other organisms that have just 1 set of chromosomes are called _____

a)

cell cycle

b)

diploid

c)

zygote

d)

haploid

16.

Human diploid chromosomes number

a)

1032

b)

439

c)

37

d)

46

17.

list the 3 phase of the cell cycle

a)

interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis

b)

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

c)

diploid, haploid

d)

none above

18.

what is the process of cell growth that leads to cell division for many cell?

a)

cell cycle

b)

Aristotle

c)

homozygous dominant

d)

purebred

19.

list the phase of mitosis in order

a)

Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

b)

cell cycle

c)

Reginald Punnett

d)

diploid, haploid

20.

when two haploid gametes unite, they form a diploid cell called a _______

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

zygote

d)

autosomes