WorksheetsDNA and Genetics Vocabulary Challenge
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is _____.
heredity
genetics
traitology
The branch of biology that deals with heredity and differences in organisms determined by DNA.
Heredity
Genetics
DNA
The genetic information, found in cells, that serves as the blueprint for everything a cell is and does.
Heredity
Genetics
DNA
The different forms of a gene for a trait are called _____.
Genetics
Genes
Alleles
The shape of DNA is known as a
Double Helix
Double Arch
Double Hexagon
In DNA Adenine will only bond with ____.
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
In DNA Thymine will only bond with ____.
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
In DNA Guanine will only bond with ____.
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
In DNA Cytosine will only bond with
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
A mistake in DNA replication is known as a ____.
Mutation
Chromatid
Gene revolt
DNA stands for
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Denitrogenous Acid
Deribonucleic Acid
Which two scientists are credited with correctly make the first model of DNA?
Watson & Crick
Wilkins & Crick
Watson & Franklin
What you see, or the physical appearance, as a result of an organism's allele combinations is the ____.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Aa, DD, Ba, and yy are all examples of ---
genotypes
phenotypes
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
Yy
Y
yy
YY
T - tall and t = short In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square?
tt
Tt
Bb
TT
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being purple?
B = brown fur b = white fur In the Punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
0%
25%
50%
75%
Recessive alleles are represented by a ____.
Male gene
lowercase letter
dominant trait
capital letter
Who discovered the double helix shape of DNA by taking an x-ray photograph?
Rosalind Franklin
Amelia Earhart
Charles Darwin
James Watson
