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Meiosis and Inheritance

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the phase.
a)
Metaphase I
b)
Metaphase II
c)
Anaphase I
d)
Anaphase II
2.
Which of the following cells is a gamete?
a)
egg
b)
bone
c)
heart
d)
muscle
3.
The fertilized egg is termed a/an _____.
a)
gamete
b)
allele
c)
homolog
d)
zygote
4.
In mitosis cells are genetically _______, but in meiosis cells are genetically ______.
a)
diverse, identical
b)
identical, diverse/different
5.
Identify the phase.
a)
Telophase I
b)
Telophase II
c)
Metaphase I
d)
Metaphase II
6.

The structure in the image is called a:

a)

Chromosome

b)

Karyotype

c)

Gene

d)

Protein

7.
The haploid number of human chromosomes is
a)
11
b)
12
c)
23
d)
46
8.

The diploid number of human chromosomes is

a)

23

b)

46

c)

92

d)

52

9.

A photograph or picture of chromosomes grouped in ordered pairs is called a.....

a)

Pedigree

b)

Chromosome chart

c)

Mitotic index

d)

Karyotype

10.
_____________________ carries information for inherited traits.
a)
DNA
b)
FBI
c)
RNA
d)
CBS
11.
__________________ is similar to DNA.  This helps make protein for DNA.  It is a temporary copy.
a)
SEC
b)
GBA
c)
RNA
d)
PGA
12.
__________________ is a change in the nucleotide base sequence of DNA.
a)
switch
b)
eraser
c)
creation
d)
mutation
13.
Adenine bonds with ______________.
a)
Guanine
b)
Thymine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Adenine
14.
Guanine bonds with ______________.
a)
Adenine
b)
Guanine
c)
Cytosine
d)
Thymine
15.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
16.
What does DNA stand for?
a)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
b)
Denitrogenous acid
c)
Deribonucleic acid
d)
Diribonucleic acid
17.

Whose diffraction x-ray image of DNA was a crucial part of discovering DNA's double helix shape?

a)

Maurice Wilkins

b)

Francis Crick

c)

James Watson

d)

Rosiland Franklin (even though they took all the credit!)

18.

What types of living organisms have no genetic material at all?

a)

Insects

b)

Bacteria

c)

Plants

d)

All living organisms have genetic material

19.

Which of the following is an example of a beneficial mutation?

a)

When an organism's lifespan becomes shorter.

b)

When an organism becomes unable to reproduce.

c)

When an organism's body becomes deformed.

d)

When an organism develops immunity to a disease.

20.

A parent that has a mutation to their skin cells can pass this mutation to their offspring

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What mutation has occurred here?

T-G-A-C-C-A

T-G-A-G-C-A

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Frameshift

22.

Original: ATC CAT

Mutation: ATC GCAT

What mutation occurred?

a)

deletion

b)

insertion

c)

silent

d)

transverse

23.

DNA molecule segment is : TTA-CGC-AAG

The mutated DNA segment is TTC-GCA-AG. This is an example of ___ mutation.

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Inversion

24.

Mutations can be...

a)

Harmful

b)

Beneficial

c)

Neutral

d)

All of the Above

25.

True or false, mutations create genetic diversity?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Body Cell mutations can contribute to...

a)

Cancer

b)

Parkinson's Disease

c)

Bronchitis

d)

Heart Failure

27.

Mutations can be a result of...

a)

Environmental Exposure

b)

Lack of sleep

c)

Not enough exercise

28.

What are GMO's

a)

Genetically Modified Organisms

b)

Genotype Melody Ocelot

c)

Gilly Married Oswald

d)

Rick Harrison owns a pawn shop :)

29.

How are cancerous cells different from normal cells?

a)

Cancerous cells are shaped differently than normal cells

b)

Cancerous cells divide more frequently than normal cells

c)

Cancerous cells contain chemicals not found in normal cells

d)

Cancerous cells need more oxygen than normal cells

30.
What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?
a)
Pea Plant
b)
Pigeons
c)
Pear trees
d)
Photosynthesis
31.
What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?
a)
Genesis
b)
Elective traits
c)
Alleles
d)
Quadrants
32.
What do we call the result of the genotype (for example, the color of the peas)?
a)
Visible traits
b)
Physiotrait
c)
Genotype 2
d)
Phenotype
33.
Gregor Mendel was born in what country
a)
Austraila
b)
Austria
c)
Africa
d)
Alaska
34.
Before Mendel how did people think you got your traits
a)
equal from each parent
b)
more from the dad
c)
more from the mom
d)
from a stork
35.

What technique did Rosalind Franklin pioneer?

a)

x-ray chrystallography

b)

DNA modeling

c)

photography

36.

Rosalind Franklin discovered and was the first to state that

a)

DNA was a helical (helix) molecule

b)

the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA was on the outside of the molecule

c)

Both

37.

Who received credit for describing the double helix model of DNA?

a)

John Randall and Rosalind Franklin

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Watson, Crick, and Wilkins

38.
Dominant or recessive?
tt
a)
Dominant 
b)
Recessive
39.
What should students use to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down from a parent to its offspring?
a)
a graph
b)
a flow chart
c)
a data table
d)
a Punnett square
40.
Aa is
a)
homozygous (purebred)
b)
heterozygous (hybrid)
41.
What is a phenotype?
a)
The expression of a trait; physical appearance.
b)
refers to the genetic makeup of an individual
c)
An organism that has the same genes for a trait (ex. TT or tt)
d)
the passing of traits from parent to offspring
42.
Homozygous or heterozygous?
BB
a)
Homozygous
b)
Heterozygous
43.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
DNA
44.
What are the possible combinations of a pea plant with the alleles PP and a male pea plant with the alleles pp.
P= purple
p= white
a)
all Pp
b)
all PP
c)
Pp,PP,Pp,PP
d)
all pp
45.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
46.
What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
0%
d)
100%
47.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
48.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

49.
A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
50.
What would be the results of a genetic cross between the following parents?  TT + Tt
a)
Tt, tt, tt, tt
b)
TT, TT, TT, Tt
c)
Tt, Tt, Tt, TT
d)
TT, TT, Tt, Tt
51.
What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
c)
Mendelian Inheritance
d)
Homozygous Inheritance
52.
A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co dominance
c)
Independent assortment
d)
Recessive inheritance
53.
A plant shows incomplete dominance in size. A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a medium plant (TS). What fraction of plants will also be tall?
a)
100 %
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
54.
A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
55.
This type of inheritance pattern shows BOTH traits in possible offspring
a)
complete dominance
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
co-dominance
d)
dominant pattern
56.
Snap dragon color is a incomplete dominant trait.  A red flower (RR) is crossed with white flower (rr)? What color are flowers that are Rr?
a)
Red
b)
Red and White
c)
White
d)
Pink
57.
This is an example of ___________?
a)
Incomplete dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
58.
This is an example of ___________.
a)
 Incomplete Dominance
b)
 Codominance
59.

Codominance occurs in calico cats, which allows for the Black and Tan colors to show. What percentage of the offspring represented in this P square will be calico (black and tan spotted)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

60.
How are Incomplete Dominance and Co Dominance different than a normal Mendelian cross?
a)
There is no difference
b)
The heterozygous genotype has a unique phenotype
c)
There is no heterozygous genotype
d)
There is only one phenotype regardless of genotype.
61.

A roan cow shows co-dominance in fur color (orange and white). What is the phenotype ratio expected if a roan cow and a roan bull mate together?

a)
4: Orange and White
b)
1: Orange : 1 White
c)
2 Orange: 2 Orange and White: 0 White
d)
1: Orange: 2 Orange and White: 1 White
62.

What type of inheritance pattern is shown here?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

63.

What does this Punnett square and the probabilities of the ofspring represent?

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

64.

A woman with curly hair and a man with straight hair produced a child with wavy hair:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

65.
this image is an example of
a)
codominance
b)
dominance
c)
incomplete dominance
66.

A black male and white female produced this grey offspring:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

67.

Incomplete dominance occurs in cats, which allows them to be Black, White, or gray as shown on this Punnett square. What percentage of the offspring will be white?

a)

25

b)

50

c)

0

d)

100

68.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
69.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
70.
Blood types are an example of co dominance and
a)
incomplete dominance
b)
sex linked traits
c)
multiple alleles
d)
polygenics

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