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Chapter 4- Lesson 1: Genes and Heridity

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

hereditary means

a)

Passing of traits from offspring to parents

b)

Passing of traits from parents to offspring

c)

Supporting results with data

d)

Supporting results with common knowledge

2.

The allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present is the _________ allele.

a)

recessive

b)

trait

c)

hybrid

d)

dominant

3.

The allele that is hidden when a dominant allele is present is the _______ allele

a)

hereditary

b)

dominant

c)

recessive

d)

phenotype

4.

What is an allele's phenotype?

a)

An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.

b)

parent generation

c)

genetic makeup of an organism

d)

offspring of the P generation

5.

An allele's probability of a gene is....

a)

likelihood that an atom will split

b)

likelihood that a particular event won't occur

c)

likelihood that a particular event will occur

d)

likelihood that the gene will duplicate

6.

What is an allele's genotype?

(Hint: Your answer is in the word)

a)

Purebred Dominant allele

b)

An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.

c)

Purebred Recessive allele

d)

genetic makeup of an organism

7.

GG, gg, and Gg all represent an allele's _____.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Heredity

c)

Probability

d)

allele

8.

Based off the image, what is the probability that a pea will have a yellow recessive trait?

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

75%

9.

Based off the image, what generation is the phenotypes inside the square?

a)

P Generation

b)

F1 Generation

c)

F2 Generation

d)

Heredity

10.

Will genes always pass onto the generation as predicted, every time?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

Gregor Mendel is dubbed as the father of_____.

a)

Chemistry

b)

Botany

c)

Biology

d)

Genetics