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Heredity

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The different forms of a gene
a)
heredity
b)
genetics
c)
gene
d)
alleles
2.
This trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present
a)
dominant allele
b)
codominance
c)
probability
d)
recessive allele
3.
This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
a)
dominant allele
b)
codominance
c)
recessive allele
d)
Punnett Square
4.
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
a)
dominant allele
b)
codominance
c)
probability
d)
Punnett Square
5.
An organism's physical appearance or visible traits
a)
fertilization
b)
genotype
c)
phenotype
d)
homozygous
6.
An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination
a)
fertilization
b)
genotype
c)
phenotype
d)
heterozygous
7.
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)
a)
fertilization
b)
genotype
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
8.
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (purebred)
a)
genotype
b)
phenotype
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
9.

Two parents have type O blood. What will the blood type of their children be?

a)

O

b)

They can have all four types of blood

c)

Either A or O

d)

AB

10.

Which of the following is an example of incomplete dominance?

a)

A red cow and a white bull have a red and white spotted calf.

b)

Human ABO blood types

c)

A red flowering plant and a white flowering plant have pink flowered offspring.

d)

A tall plant and a short plant have tall offspring.

11.

In peas, yellow pod color is dominant to green pod color. Two heterozygous parents are crossed. What are the chances that the offspring will have green pods?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

12.

In peas, yellow pod color is dominant to green pod color. Two homozygous dominant parents are crossed. What are the chances that the offspring will have green pods?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

13.

A woman has type AB blood and her husband has type O blood. The doctor tells them their child has type O blood. She thinks this is very strange. Why?

a)

She can't be the mother of a type O child.

b)

Her husband can't be the father of a type O child.

c)

Type O blood is very rare.

d)

There's nothing strange about it.

14.

If a man is color blind, can he pass the trait on to his sons?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Only if his mother was color blind.

d)

Only if his father was color blind.

15.

Male patterned baldness is a recessive sex linked trait. How can a woman have it?

a)

A woman can have it if she has two alleles for it.

b)

A woman can have it if her father had it.

c)

A woman can have it if she has one allele for it.

d)

A woman can't have male patterned baldness.

16.

In a dihybrid cross, how many boxes does the punnet square need to have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

16

17.

In horses, coat color has incomplete dominance. A horse with one allele for black coat and one allele for cream coat will have the color known as buckskin. If two buckskin horses have a baby, what are the potential coat colors it could have.

a)

It can only be buckskin.

b)

It will be either buckskin or cream colored.

c)

It will be either black or cream.

d)

It could have any of the three possible coat colors.

18.

A white flowered plant is crossed with a red flowered plant. The two traits have codominance. What color are the offspring?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Red and white spotted

d)

Pink

19.
Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________
a)
predators to prey
b)
water to rain
c)
parents to offspring
d)
fungi to protists
20.

Where are chromosomes found?

a)

vacuole

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondria

21.

The passing of physical characteristics, or traits, from parent to offspring.

a)

Genetics

b)

Dominant allele

c)

Heredity

d)

Recessive allele

22.

The different forms of a gene.

a)

Genes

b)

Allele

c)

Phenotype

d)

Pedigree

23.

If a gene is always expressed or always shown with a capital letter it is

a)

Bossy

b)

Recessive

c)

Yelling

d)

Dominant

24.
Dominant or recessive?
tt
a)
Dominant 
b)
Recessive
25.
Which of the following pairs is homozygous dominant?
a)
Hh
b)
pp
c)
HH
d)
aa
26.
Which of the following is heterozygous?
a)
Hh
b)
gg
c)
HH
d)
GG
27.
A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents
a)
Mendel Grid
b)
Genetic Tic Tac Toe
c)
Punnett Square
d)
Pedigree Plot
28.
What gamete possibilities could come from this parent's genotype?
a)
AB, AB, aB, aB
b)
Ab, AB, Ab, ab
c)
Ab, Ab, Ab, Ab
d)
AB, aB, ab, aB
29.

(Grey fur (G) is dominant over white fur (g) and Black eyes (B) are dominant over red eyes(b))

A male rabbit GGbb crossed with a female rabbit with ggBb.


How many out of 16, have grey fur and black eyes?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

12

d)

16

30.
What goes in box 1
a)
AABb
b)
AABB
c)
aabb
d)
AaBb
31.

How can two parents with brown eyes have a child with blue eyes?

a)

The parents may both have a recessive gene for blue eyes.

b)

The child was born during the winter

c)

Eye color in humans is not an inherited trait

d)

The child was deprived of oxygen during its birth

32.
Cross Two Homozygous plants
(
RRYY x rryy)
R = round seeds, r  = wrinkled seeds Y = yellow seeds, y = green seeds
What percent will have Round and Yellow seeds? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
33.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
34.
B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
35.
In the punnett square shown, what must the genotype of the missing parent be?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
d)
Tt
36.
In the punnett square shown, what is the genotypes of the two parents?
a)
RW and RR
b)
RW and WW
c)
RR and WW
d)
RW and RR
37.
How many generations are shown in this pedigree?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
38.
How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
39.
This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
2
d)
3
40.
What do half colored symbols represent?
a)
The individual is a carrier (heterozygous).
b)
The individual expresses the trait.
c)
The individual has both recessive alleles.
d)
The individual has both dominant alleles.
41.
What does an open circle represent?
a)
Not Affected Male
b)
Not Affected Female
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
42.
In the second generation-how many people are carriers of the trait?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
6
43.
What is this?
a)
Pedigree
b)
Karyotype
c)
Venn diagram
d)
Punnett Square
44.

In this pedigree, which gender can be carriers of colorblindness and not have it?

a)

Just males

b)

Just females

c)

Both genders

45.
Give the genotype for person II-1, for this autosomal trait.
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
we cannot be 100% sure of the genotype
46.
If this pedigree shows an autosomal recessive disorder, what MUST the genotype of individual II-3 be?
a)
HH
b)
Hh
c)
hh
d)
None of the above