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Inheritance

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bb

a)

heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

c)

Dominant allele

d)

Recessive allele

2.

Choose the one that represent true-breeding (also called "pure breeding")

a)

AA x Aa

b)

Aa x Aa

c)

AA x aa

3.

What are alleles?

a)

different gene

b)

different forms of the same gene

c)

different proteins

d)

different cells

4.
The phenotype is the _______________.
a)
physical appearance of an organism
b)
Genetic makeup 
c)
Alleles acquired from a specific parent.
5.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
6.

Which answer includes the dominant homozygous genotype?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

d)

AB

7.

Which answer contains the heterozygous genotype?

a)

AA

b)

aa

c)

Aa

8.

What is the definition of an allele?

a)

An allele is a variant of a gene.

(variants = different types of something)

b)

An allele is the genetic makeup of an organism

(organism = a living thing)

c)

An allele is synonym for a gene.

(synonym = words meaning the same thing)

9.
An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.
a)
hidden allele
b)
dominant allele
c)
recessive allele
d)
present allele
10.

What is the definition of homozygous?

a)

when one allele is dominant and one is recessive

b)

when both alleles are the same

c)
when it is neither dominant or recessive
11.

What is the definition of a genotype?

a)

The genetic makeup of an organism

b)

The physical traits of an organism.

c)

When one allele is dominant and one allele is recessive.

d)

When both alleles are dominant.

12.

What is the definition of heterozygous?

a)

When both alleles are dominant

b)

When one allele is dominant and one is recessive.

c)

When both alleles are recessive.

d)

When one gene is dominant and one is recessive.

13.

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

a)

predators to prey

b)

water to rain

c)

parents to offspring

d)

offspring to parents

14.

True or False:

We get 1/2 of our genes from our mother and 1/2 of our genes from our father

a)

True

b)

False

15.
What is NOT an inherited trait of humans?
a)
Favorite type of music
b)
Freckles
c)
Hair color
d)
Height
16.

The observable traits. This is what you physically look like, or what gene is expressed. ex. Round Yellow

a)

heredity

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

genotype

e)

phenotype

17.

The combination of alleles that you inherited from your parents. This is what you genes look like, the letters. ex. HhGg

a)

heredity

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

genotype

e)

phenotype

18.

An organism with two dominant or two recessive alleles. Or same.

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

19.

An organism with one dominant and one recessive allele. Or different.

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

20.
What is genetics?
a)
The study of DNA nucleotides
b)
The study of heredity
c)
The study of a cell dividing into 2
d)
The study of eye color
21.
Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Nucleus
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Mitochondria
22.
What is a dominant allele?
a)
A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
b)
A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
c)
Alleles that are the same
d)
Alleles that are different
23.
The physical traits of an organism
a)
Teletype
b)
Genotype
c)
Mesotype
d)
Phenotype
24.
What is Bb?
a)
Homozygous
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Recessive
d)
Alleles
25.

Heredity is

a)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

b)

the passing of money to parents

c)

genes

d)

alleles affect inheritance

26.

a dominant allele is

a)

a hidden gene

b)

traits always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

c)

the number that describes how likely an event is to occur

d)

selective breeding

27.

recessive allele

a)

hidden when dominant is present

b)

dominant allele

c)

always present

d)

GG

28.

GG

a)

Homozygous Dominant

b)

Heterozygous Dominant

c)

Homozygous Recessive

d)

Heterozygous Recessive

29.

gg

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

heterozygous dominant

c)

homozygous recessive

d)

heterozygous recssive

30.

Gg

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

heterozygous dominant

c)

recessive

31.

genotype

a)

an organisms genetic makeup or combination of alleles

b)

genes expression

c)

phenotype

d)

heterozygous

32.

phenotype

a)

an organisms genetic makeup

b)

the organisms physical appearance or visible traits

c)

genotype

d)

purebred

33.

How many chromosomes do Humans have?

a)

10

b)

23

c)

46

d)

80

34.

variation

a)

any differences in between individuals of the same species

b)

gene

c)

trait

d)

changes in mood

35.

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

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

c)

both

36.

T - tall and t = short

In the Punnett square, what belongs in the missing square?

a)

tt

b)

Tt

c)

TT

37.

B = brown fur b = white fur

In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

38.

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett square represents what probability of an offspring's genotype?

a)

25%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

0%

39.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
40.

What is ratio of the offspring from the cross shown will be homozygous recessive for the trait of tallness? T = tall t = short

a)

0 in 4

b)

1 in 4

c)

2 in 4

d)

4 in 4