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Chapter 12 Review: Genetics

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of ____ is called genetics.

a)

heredity

b)

pea plants

c)

dominance

d)

mutations

2.

Mendel concluded that _____ factors control each inherited trait.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

3.

Parents pass their traits down to their offspring through their __________.

a)

daughter cells

b)

son cells

c)

body cells

d)

reproductive cells

4.

Self-pollination is when the pollen lands on _____.

a)

the same plant

b)

the next plant over

c)

the person holding the plant

d)

a different species of plant

5.

A true-breeding purple plant and a true-breeding white plant cross-pollinate. The offspring will be _____.

a)

all purple

b)

half purple, half white

c)

75% purple, 25% white

d)

75% white, 25% purple

6.

A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor is called a(n) _____.

a)

genetic trait

b)

heredity trait

c)

recessive trait

d)

dominant trait

7.

Blood type in humans is controlled by ____ alleles.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

In a Punnett square, a capital letter stands for a ____ allele.

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

c)

homozygous

d)

heterozygous

9.

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?

a)

1 purple: 3 orange

b)

4 purple: 0 orange

c)

2 purple: 2 orange

d)

0 purple: 4 orange

10.

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?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

11.

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?

a)

Ww and Ww

b)

WW and ww

c)

Ww and ww

d)

ww and ww

12.

Bird A has the genotype ll for bill length, and Bird B is LL. The bills of their offspring would be:

a)

long in 100% of the offspring.

b)

short in 100% of the offspring.

c)

long in 50% of the offspring.

d)

short in 75% of the offspring.

13.

What type of inheritance determines eye color?

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

multiple alleles

d)

polygenic inheritance

14.

Which of the following is an example of multiple alleles?

a)

human height

b)

pink flower

c)

blood type

d)

coat with red and white hairs

15.

A ____ is part of the DNA code on a chromosome.

a)

gene

b)

genotype

c)

phenotype

d)

gender

16.

Which of the following is NOT an external cause of mutations?

a)

exposure to X-rays

b)

exposure to ultraviolet light

c)

exposure to neon light

d)

exposure to radioactive materials

17.

Mutations cause changes in _____.

a)

protons

b)

proteins

c)

electrons

d)

neutrons