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Genetics Study guide

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Inherited characteristic that can differ from person to person

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

trait

d)

homozygous

2.

Organism that has two different copies of an allele.

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

3.

Organism that has two of the same copies of an allele

a)

Heterogygous

b)

Homozygous

4.

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

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

5.

B = blue

b= green

What color would a flower with the genotype Bb be?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

yellow

6.

Genes are found on _______ and code for different _______.

a)

chromosomes, traits

b)

traits, chromosomes

7.

Variation in the cells/organisms produced...

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

8.

An exact copy of a cell/organism is produced...

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

9.
Punnett squares can be used to predict the probability of:
a)
being exposed to a contagious disease and contracting it
b)
having an inherited disease or a genetically determined physical trait
c)
Both
10.
In a certain species of plant, the color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p).
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being purple?
a)
25%
b)
0%
c)
100%
d)
50%
11.
In a certain species of plant, the color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p).
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being white?
a)
25%
b)
0%
c)
100%
d)
50%
12.

Involves two parents and produces offspring different from parents

a)

external fertilization

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

internal fertilization

d)

asexual reproduction

13.

The movement of pollen from one flower to another flower

a)

zygote

b)

pollination

c)

internal fertilization

d)

fertilization

14.

A small growth on an organism that splits and grows into a new organism

a)

regeneration

b)

mitosis

c)

binary fission

d)

budding

15.

When an organism splits into an exact copy

a)

fertilization

b)

binary fission

c)

regeneration

d)

budding

16.

When an organism grows back a part that it lost

a)

fertilization

b)

binary fission

c)

regeneration

d)

budding

17.

One cell that has both female and male reproductive cell

a)

mitosis

b)

clone

c)

pollination

d)

zygote

18.

Female reproductive cell in animals

a)

egg

b)

pollen

c)

sperm

d)

zygote

19.

Male reproductive cell in animals

a)

egg

b)

sperm

c)

clone

d)

pollen