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Unit 6 Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In humans, C is the allele for those who have curly hair and c is the allele for those with straight hair. Two sisters have curly hair but one of them has both C and c alleles while the other is homozygous dominant. Which statement is true about the sisters?

a)

They have the same genotypes and phenotypes

b)

They have different genotypes but the same phenotype

c)

They are not blood related

d)

They have different genotypes and phenotypes

2.

Female cattle that have white coats are crossed with male cattle who have red coats. Their offspring are roan (red and white). What can be said about the genetics of the coat color?

a)

it is sex linked

b)

it is recessive

c)

it is incompletely dominant

d)

it is codominant

3.

Fruit flies have hair like bristles on the backside of their bodies. The bristles can be long or short. Flies with short bristles have two recessive alleles (ss) for the trait. A fruit fly that is heterozygous for long bristles is crossed with a fruit fly that has short bristles. What percentage of the offspring are expected to have short bristles?

a)

0%

b)

100%

c)

23%

d)

50%

4.

Leah has blue eyes (recessive) while both of her parents have brown eyes (dominant). Which of the following statements are true?

a)

she is not their daughter

b)

Leah inherited both genes from her father

c)

Leah inherited the recessive allele from both parents

d)

Leah only inherited the dominant allele from both parents

5.

Hibiscus flowers can be white or purple. A hibiscus with white flowers is crossed with a hibiscus with purple flowers. All of the offspring have purple flowers. Based on the results of the cross, which of the following statements most likely describes the alleles for flower color?

a)

white is dominant over purple

b)

blue and red flowers made the purple flower

c)

purple is dominant over white

d)

they are codominant together

6.

In dogs, having short fur is dominant over having long fur. If a homozygous dominant dog crosses with a dog with long fur, how many different phenotypes are possible for their offspring?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

In Andalusian chickens, feather color is inherited by incomplete dominance. If one parent with black feathers is crossed with a white feathered parent, all offspring will have heterozygous blue feathers. What is the percent chance of producing blue-feathered offspring when crossing a blue-feathered hen with a white feathered rooster?

a)

55%

b)

34%

c)

75%

d)

50%

8.

Which of the following is an example of codominance?

a)

A tall person and a short person have a child who is medium in height

b)

A black and tan coonhound

c)

An orange cat and a white cat having a cream colored cat

d)

A black cow and a white cow having all black offspring

9.

Why do siblings often look alike?

a)

they get half of their genetic material from each parent

b)

they are clones

c)

Siblings never look alike

d)

the cells of the siblings contain all the dominant traits from their parents

10.

You work for a florist and they ask you to cross red flowers with white flowers to make more red flowers. When you do that, the offspring are pink instead of red. What is this an example of?

a)

recessive alleles

b)

colorblindness

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

codominance

11.

If you cross a red (RR) flower with a white (WW) flower, what percent of the offspring will be pink?

a)

4%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

100%

12.

Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder in humans which is controlled by a dominant gene. If one parent is heterozygous for the trait and the other does not have Huntington's, what are their chances of having an offspring with the disease?

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

60%

13.

In hamsters, the allele for black hair (B) is dominant to the allele for brown hair (b). Two black-haired hamsters are crossed. One of the hamsters is homozygous for black hair and one is heterozygous. What percentage of the offspring are expected to have black hair?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

80%

d)

100%

14.

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

a)

Aa

b)

aa

c)

AA

d)

none of these options are homozygous dominant

15.

What does the prefix homo mean?

a)

different

b)

the same

16.

What does the prefix hetero mean?

a)

different

b)

the same

17.

hh would result in a ___________?

a)

dominant phenotype

b)

recessive phenotype

c)

codominance

d)

incomplete dominance

18.

How an organism physically looks is called ____________.

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

19.

Genes are:

a)

what you wear on your legs

b)

segments of DNA that code for proteins

c)

another word for nucleus

d)

enzymes

20.

A dog's phenotype can be determined by:

a)

looking at the karyotype

b)

looking at the dog

c)

looking at what the parents look like

d)

taking a DNA sample

21.

What is the genotype of a heterozygous green pod?

a)

Tt

b)

Yy

c)

RR

d)

Gg

22.

What is the genotype of a homozygous round seed?

a)

TT

b)

GG

c)

YY

d)

RR

23.

What is the genotype of a short plant?

a)

rr

b)

ss

c)

tt

d)

yy

24.

What is the phenotype of a yy seed color?

a)

green

b)

yellow

c)

wrinkled

d)

there is no such thing as a phenotype

25.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six children. Three of them have attached earlobes (recessive) like their father, and the other three have free earlobes like their mother. What are the genotypes of Mr. and Mrs. Jones? (F = free earlobes, f = attached)

a)

Ff and ff

b)

Ff and Ff

c)

FF and Ff

d)

ff and ff

26.

Gray Dobermans are recessive to the black and tan Dobermans. A breeder looks at her new litter of puppies and notices that there are 5 black and tan puppies and 1 gray puppy. What are the genotypes of the parents?

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Homozygous recessive

c)

heterozygous

d)

a breeding mistake

27.

A parent with Type A blood and a parent with Type O blood have a child. Which of the following is a possible genotype of their offspring?

a)

I^A I^A

b)

I^A I^B

c)

I^B i

d)

I^A i

28.

As twins get older, they often do not look very similar/act very similar. What could cause this?

a)

Because the environment plays a role in influencing individuals

b)

your DNA changes as you get older

c)

they were never twins to begin with

d)

they grew apart

29.

Which of the following best describes why males cannot be carriers of sex-linked traits?

a)

Males are always the carriers

b)

Males cannot be carriers because they only inherit one X chromosome, either having the trait or not

c)

Males cannot be carriers because their mothers pass on an X chromosome without the sex-linked trait

d)

Males cannot be carriers because their Y chromosome makes them immune to sex- linked traits

30.

What abnormality does this person have?

a)

Trisomy 2: Biology Syndrome

b)

XXY: Klinefelters

c)

Trisomy 21: Down syndrome

d)

X: Turners syndrome

31.

What abnormality does this person have?

a)

female: Turners

b)

Female: Klinefelters

c)

Female: Huntingtons Disease

d)

Female: no abnormality

32.

The Himalayan rabbit’s habitat has cold, snowy winters and mild summers. The body is typically covered in white fur except for the nose, feet, tail, and ears, which are covered in black fur. A scientist shaved an area of white fur on the back of a Himalayan rabbit and placed an ice pack over the shaved area. The shaved area grew black fur. Which best explains why the fur grew back black?

a)

The white hair mutated to black hair as the rabbit’s body temperature decreased.

b)

The coat color changed from white to black with the age of the rabbit.

c)

White hair only grows during certain times of the year.

d)

The genes for black hair were activated by specific temperatures.

33.

Human eye, skin, and hair color are all:

a)

dominant

b)

polygenic genes (multiple alleles)

c)

sex linked

d)

they are all on the Y chromosome

34.

Identical twins were separated at birth. They found out and met up 25 years later. The twins were different in height and weight. What could be an explanation for this?

a)

One twin had a genetic condition that prevented her from growing tall.

b)

Their DNA is not indentical

c)

Each twin had a different lifestyle (different diet, exercise etc)

d)

They were never twins to begin with

35.

A mother has type A blood and her husband has type B blood. Their child has type O blood, much to their surprise. Could this child be theirs?

a)

no the hospital messed up

b)

yes if both parents were heterozygous (AO and BO)

c)

no, there is no such thing as type O blood

d)

yes both parents are recessive

36.

Those who are shaded in have hitchhikers thumb. Who are the 2 individuals who have the trait?

a)

III-2 and I-1

b)

II-2 and III-5

c)

II-2 and II-3

d)

no one has the trait

37.

Is this trait dominant or recessive and why?

a)

Dominant; there are a lot of people shaded in

b)

Recessive; not a lot of people are shaded in

38.

Karyotypes show:

a)

genetic diseases

b)

homologous chromosomes

c)

the phenotype of someone

d)

mutations

39.

What generation is indicated by the arrow?

a)

I

b)

II

c)

III

d)

IV

40.

In humans, the allele for straight thumbs (T) is dominant to the allele for bent thumbs (t). A Pedigree showing the inheritance of thumb type is shown: What are the genotypes of individuals 4 and 5?

a)

TT and TT

b)

tt and tt

c)

Tt and Tt

d)

Tt and tt

41.

Convert this DNA strand to RNA: ATCGGTATCCAT

a)

UAGCCAUAGGUA

b)

TAGCCATAGGTA

c)

AUGCCUTUGGTU

42.

What are the 3 amino acids coded for by this: AGU CCC UAG?

a)

Met-Ser-Stop

b)

Leu-met-pro

c)

Gln-Gly-Stop

d)

Ser-Pro-Stop

43.

What type of RNA is this?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

this is DNA

44.

What is the function of mRNA?

a)

to make DNA

b)

to create more ribosomes

c)

to transport information from the nucleus to the ribosome

d)

to transport proteins to the nucleus

45.

What is this?

a)

DNA strand

b)

mRNA strand

c)

codon chart

d)

a protein chart

46.

How many codons are in this sequence? (ATGCCATATGGCTAC)

a)

8

b)

3

c)

5

d)

there are no codons here

47.

Why do we need DNA replication before the cells divide?

a)

so that there is enough cell membrane for everyone

b)

so that the new cells have the correct amount of DNA

c)

the DNA does not replicate during cell division

d)

DNA replication happens after cell division

48.

What mutation occurred here? (ATC CAT GGG ----> ATG CAT GGG)

a)

point mutation

b)

deletion

c)

addition

d)

frameshift

49.

What blood type is this: I^A I^B?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

50.

What blood type is this: I^Ai

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

51.

What blood type is this: ii

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

52.

What blood type is this: I^BI^B

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

53.

What is the genotype of someone who has type BO blood?

a)

I^AI^A

b)

I^BI^O

c)

I^Bi

d)

there is no such type