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WorksheetsChapter 12 Review: Genetics
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
The study of ____ is called genetics.
heredity
pea plants
dominance
mutations
Mendel concluded that _____ factors control each inherited trait.
2
3
4
5
Parents pass their traits down to their offspring through their __________.
daughter cells
son cells
body cells
reproductive cells
Self-pollination is when the pollen lands on _____.
the same plant
the next plant over
the person holding the plant
a different species of plant
A true-breeding purple plant and a true-breeding white plant cross-pollinate. The offspring will be _____.
all purple
half purple, half white
75% purple, 25% white
75% white, 25% purple
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor is called a(n) _____.
genetic trait
heredity trait
recessive trait
dominant trait
Blood type in humans is controlled by ____ alleles.
1
2
3
4
In a Punnett square, a capital letter stands for a ____ allele.
recessive
dominant
homozygous
heterozygous
Look at the Punnett square. If orange is a dominant allele and purple is recessive, what color ratio will the flowers of the offspring plants have?
1 purple: 3 orange
4 purple: 0 orange
2 purple: 2 orange
0 purple: 4 orange
A man and a woman want to have a child, but the man is heterozygous (Cc) for a recessive trait that causes a fatal illness. What is the probability of a child’s inheriting the trait?
0%
25%
50%
75%
A and B are the same kind of fish. A has a genotype for narrow fins (ww), and B has a genotype for wide fins (W-). Which of the following genotypes of parent fish will produce only offspring having wide fins?
Ww and Ww
WW and ww
Ww and ww
ww and ww
Bird A has the genotype ll for bill length, and Bird B is LL. The bills of their offspring would be:
long in 100% of the offspring.
short in 100% of the offspring.
long in 50% of the offspring.
short in 75% of the offspring.
What type of inheritance determines eye color?
incomplete dominance
codominance
multiple alleles
polygenic inheritance
Which of the following is an example of multiple alleles?
human height
pink flower
blood type
coat with red and white hairs
A ____ is part of the DNA code on a chromosome.
gene
genotype
phenotype
gender
Which of the following is NOT an external cause of mutations?
exposure to X-rays
exposure to ultraviolet light
exposure to neon light
exposure to radioactive materials
Mutations cause changes in _____.
protons
proteins
electrons
neutrons
