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MP#4 Quarterly Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of genes and inheritance known as?

a)

genetics

b)

evolution

c)

heredity

2.

An organism's observable physical features are also called what?

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

3.

An organism's genetic code is also called what?

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

4.

You inherit a recessive allele from your mother and a dominant allele from your father. Which allele will be expressed?

a)

The recessive allele

b)

The dominant allele

5.
A heterozygous yellow pea plant's genotype would be:
a)

YY

b)

yy

c)

Yy

6.

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

a)

heredity

b)

genetics

c)

evolution

7.
having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).
a)

homozygous

b)

hetrozygous

c)

hybrid

8.
Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

9.
An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.
a)

dominant allele

b)

recessive allele

10.

_________ is the process by which species change over time.

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Evolution

c)

Genetics

11.

Birds are eating all the green beetles. The brown beetles are surviving and reproducing more. This is called __________.

a)

mutations

b)

fossil record

c)

natural selection

12.

If scientists find fossils of a type of mosquito on the bottom layer and find fossils of beetles towards the top layer, what can scientists infer?

a)

Mosquitos are older fossils than beetles

b)

Beetles are older fossils than mosquitos

c)

Both mosquitos and Beetles must have lived at the same time.

13.

When scientists compare fossils to see about old they are in a certian environment, this is called ____________

a)

radioactive dating

b)

relative dating

14.

When an organism completely dies out, it is called __________.

a)

extinction

b)

endangered

c)

threatened

15.

The preserved remains of life from an earlier time.

a)

embryology

b)

fossils

c)

DNA

16.

Small rock particles, sand, and soil where most fossils are formed.

a)

quartz

b)

granite

c)

sediment

17.

Traits on the outside of a Punnett square.

a)

offspring

b)

parents

c)

siblings

18.

Hereditary information reveals similarities and differences in the genetic makeup of organisms.

a)

fossils

b)

vestigial structures

c)

DNA

19.

Body structures with no obvious use.

a)

homologous structures

b)

vestigial structures

c)

fossils

20.

The study of early development.

a)

biogeography

b)

morphology

c)

embryology

21.

A trait that increases an organisms chance of survival.

a)

homologous structure

b)

mutation

c)

adaptation

22.

A diagram that shows how different groups of organisms are related.

a)

family tree

b)

Punnett square

c)

branching tree

23.

Species famously associated with Charles Darwin and the Galapagos islands.

a)

sharks

b)

bears

c)

finches

24.

Traits that can be acted on by natural selection.

a)

inherited

b)

aquired

c)

learned

25.

The 'Father of Genetics'.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Robert Hooke

26.

When analyzing a Punnett square, each box is equal to __________%.

a)

25

b)

50

c)

75

27.

What is the probability that the offspring will be homozygous dominant?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

28.

What is the probability that the offspring will have the same genotype as the father?

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

100%

29.

Which of the genotypes is homozygous?

a)

RR

b)

Rr

c)

R

30.

Which is an example of a heterozygous genotype?

a)

RR

b)

Rr

c)

rr

31.

Biodiversity refers to __________.

a)

the variety of species on Earth

b)

the variety of ecosystems

c)

the variety of endangered species

32.

The loss of __________ has the greatest effect on an ecosystem.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

33.

The leading cause of biodiversity loss.

a)

habitat loss

b)

pollution

c)

population growth

34.

A species that is not native to a particular region.

a)

invasive

b)

Keystone

c)

endangered

35.

The acronym HIPPO refers to __________.

a)

the amount of biodiversity in an area

b)

the main threats to biodiversity

c)

conservation methods