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Punnett Squares

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
2.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
3.

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what percentage?

a)

25%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

0%

4.
What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
0%
d)
100%
5.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be green (G)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

6.
What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 
a)
50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 
b)
25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 
c)
75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 
d)
0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 
7.

AA and Aa will both show up as ___________________ traits.

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

8.
Which characteristic is inherited?
a)
hair color
b)
sleeping late
c)
enjoying hiking
d)
loving to read
9.

Traits are passed on from one living thing to another through

a)

DNA

b)

blood

c)

minerals

d)

calories

10.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow (g)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

11.

What is the probability that the offspring will have blue eyes?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

12.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be green?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

13.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will have brown eyes (B)?

a)

0%

b)

100%

14.

Round seeds are dominant (R). Wrinkled seeds are recessive (r). What is the likelihood that this offspring is wrinkled (r)?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

15.

A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a short plant (tt). All of the offspring will be ____________.

a)

tall

b)

short

16.

A tall pine tree (Tt) is crossed with a tall pine tree (Tt). What is the likelihood that an offspring would be tall?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

17.

A tall pine tree (Tt) is crossed with a tall pine tree (Tt). What is the likelihood that an offspring could be short?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

18.

G = green, g = yellow

The genotype for a yellow plant is...

a)

GG

b)

Gg

c)

gg

d)

all of the choices result in yellow

19.

Round seeds are dominant (R). Wrinkled seeds are recessive (r). What is the likelihood that this offspring is round (R)?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

20.

Why is DNA important?

a)

it is very small and very complicated

b)

it's in everything that's not alive

c)

it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

d)

because we eat it every day for energy

21.

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

c)

both

22.

AA and Aa always show up as ---

a)

dominant.

b)

recessive.

23.

Aa, DD, Ba, and yy are all examples of ---

a)

genotypes

b)

phenotypes

24.

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

a)

aa

b)

Aa

c)

AA

25.

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

a)

Bb

b)

BB

c)

bb

26.
Heterozygous is when...
a)
the alleles are the same
b)
the alleles are different
c)
the alleles are absent
d)
the alleles are present
27.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
28.

A trait controlled by a recessive allele only appears in the organism's phenotype ---

a)

if the organism is a hybrid.

b)

if the organism does not have any dominant alleles.

c)

if the organism is a purebred.

29.
aa always shows up as
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
30.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
DNA
31.
What is a punnett square?
a)
graph used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring in a given cross
b)
a graph used to predict the possible birth rate of offspring.
c)
a graph used to predict the possible behavioral characteristics an offspring could have
d)
None of the above
32.
In a punnet square where are the parent alleles written?
a)
Top and inside the boxes
b)
Only on the left and right side of the boxes. 
c)
outside of the boxes (top and left side)
d)
All on the top side of the boxes
33.

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

a)

capital letter

b)

lowercase letter

34.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

35.

Brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes. What is the probability that the offspring will have brown eyes in this cross?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

36.
Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
a)
0 %
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%