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Genetics Study Guide

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the Father of Genetics?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Albert Einstein

2.

Inherited characteristic that can differ from person to person

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

trait

d)

homozygous

3.

States that some alleles are dominant and some are recessive

a)

Chromosome

b)

Principle of Dominance

c)

Law of Segregation

d)

Allele

4.

When an organism produces gametes (sex cells), the two alleles separate from one another so that each gamete carries only one allele.

a)

Chromosome

b)

Principle of Dominance

c)

Law of Segregation

d)

Allele

5.

States that some alleles are dominant and some are recessive

a)

Chromosome

b)

Principle of Dominance

c)

Law of Segregation

d)

Allele

6.

When an organism produces gametes (sex cells), the two alleles separate from one another so that each gamete carries only one allele.

a)

Chromosome

b)

Principle of Dominance

c)

Law of Segregation

d)

Allele

7.

Organism that has two different copies of an allele.

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

8.

Organism that has two of the same copies of an allele

a)

Heterogygous

b)

Homozygous

9.

The physical manifestation of a genetic trait. (how we look)

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

10.

An organism’s genetic make-up

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

11.

One of the possible forms of a gene

a)

Punnett Square

b)

DNA

c)

Allele

12.

B = blue

b= green

What color would a flower with the genotype Bb be?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

yellow

13.

B = blue

b= green

What color would a flower with the genotype bb be?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

yellow

14.

B = blue

b= green

What color would a flower with the genotype BB be?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

yellow

15.

Genes are found on _______ and code for different _______.

a)

chromosomes, traits

b)

traits, chromosomes