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Genetics Part 1 Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called

a)

Gene splicing

b)

Heredity

c)

Genome

d)

True breeding

2.

An organism that has the genotype Bb is

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous recessive

d)

None of the above

3.
Which trait does a puppy inherit from its parents?
a)
fur color and pattern
b)
obedience to commands
c)
food brand preference
d)
affection for a specific home
4.
Parents and children share traits. Which of these is NOT an inherited trait?
a)
eye color
b)
liking spicy foods
c)
left-handedness
d)
ear shape
5.

Which of the following scientist gave the principles of inheritance?

a)

(a) Mendel

b)

(b) Griffin

c)

(c) Johanssen

d)

(d) Watson and Crick

6.
What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?
a)
Pea Plant
b)
Pigeons
c)
Pear trees
d)
Photosynthesis
7.
Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________
a)
Modern Medicine
b)
Father of the Green Revolution
c)
Father of Genitics
d)
The Pea Plant Man
8.
A factor that covers up another factor is _____
a)
Recessive
b)
Obsessive
c)
Dominant
d)
Combinant
9.

An organism that has the genotype Bb is

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous recessive

d)

None of the above

10.

A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

a)

Karyotype

b)

Monohybrid cross

c)

Punnett Square

d)

Dihybrid cross

11.

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait:

a)

Monohybrid

b)

Dihybrid

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

12.

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait:

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

c)

Dihybrid

d)

Monohybrid

13.

An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

14.

"Father of Genetics" and Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Watson and Crick

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Edward Punnett

15.

Made up of segments of DNA and are passed from parent to child.

a)

Protein

b)

Trait

c)

Genome

d)

Gene

16.

The membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes

a)

Ribosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

DNA

d)

Mitochondria

17.

Form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms.

a)

Chromosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

DNA

d)

Gene

18.

An organism's observable characteristics.

a)

Traits

b)

Gene

c)

phenotype

d)

genotype

19.

Structure found inside the nucleus that contains DNA. Each cell contains 23 pairs.

a)

Chromosomes

b)

Deoxyribose Sugar

c)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

d)

Trait

20.

Brown Hair, blue eyes, and free earlobes are all examples of

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Neither

21.

genotype

a)

one version of a gene masks or overrides the effect of the other type

b)

one version of a gene is masked in the presence of a dominant gene

c)

the observable traits of an individual organism

d)

the genetic composition of an individual organism

22.

phenotype

a)

the genetic composition of an individual organism

b)

the observable characteristics of an individual organism

c)

one variant of a gene masks or overrides the effect of another variant

d)

one variant of a gene is masked by the dominant variant

23.

DNA

a)

an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques

b)

nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids

c)

a molecule that contains the blueprint of all genetic information for every trait in our bodies

d)

graphical representation of the possible genotypes of an offspring arising from a particular cross