WorksheetsMendelian Genetics
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 41mins
What did Gregor Mendel study?
Mold Spores
Pea Plants
Sun Flowers
Rats
an observable characteristic
trait
personality
cell
DNA
When an organism has two of the same alleles, it is called
homozygous
heterozygous
recessive
dominant
When an organism has two different alleles, it is called
homozygous
heterozygous
recessive
dominant
_____ are units of heredity made up of DNA.
Centrioles
Chromosomes
Dnatoms
Genes
A/n _____ trait is a trait that prevents or masks the showing of another trait.
controlling
dominant
influential
superior
A trait that is hidden by the presence of a dominant trait is known as a _____ trait.
coy
demure
modest
recessive
In genetics, an organism that carries both a dominant and recessive allele for the same trait is called a/n _____.
amalgam
blend
cross
hybrid
In genetics, this refers to an organism that carries two dominant or two recessive alleles for a given trait: _____.
mixture
hybrid
pedigree
purebred
A _____ is the physical appearance of an organism; i.e. black haired, blue-eyed, widow's peak.
anyoldtype
genotype
notmytype
phenotype
The set of genes carried by an organism; i.e. TT, Tt, tt is called a _____.
genotype
phenotype
prototype
stereotype
Which of the following are considered recessive traits in humans?
brown eyes and brown hair.
brown eyes and blonde hair.
blue eyes and red hair
red eyes and blue hair
Is it possible for two parents who are heterozygous for a trait to have offspring that have the recessive phenotype?
Yes
No
Depends on the season
the organism's genetic makeup
phenotype
genotype
Select all that would be considered phenotypes:
Blonde
Rr
Short
rr
Select all that would be considered genotypes:
Blonde
Rr
Short
rr
What genotype is homozygous dominant?
RR
Rr
rr
What genotype is homozygous recessive?
RR
Rr
rr
What genotype is heterozygous?
RR
Rr
rr
a trait that is masked unless 2 copies are present is
recessive
weak
dominant
hidden
Who is the "father" of modern genetics?
Gregor Mendel
James Watson
Andreas Vesalius
Charles Darwin
What is the genotype for a homozygous recessive offspring?
Sarah is righ handed but his mother is left handed
RR
rr
Rr
RRR
Brody is a heterozygote for the trait handesness
RR
rr
Rr
Jeremy is homozygous recessive for the trait of handedness
RR
rr
Rr
Marleigh is right handed but her daughter is left handed
Rr
RR
rr
Allison is right handed with no family history of left handedness
RR
Rr
rr
Pedro is left handed
RR
rr
Rr
For any given trait, there is a sequence of DNA that codes for the trait called a
gene
allele
trait
There are two or more possible forms of the gene. These forms are called
gene
allele
trait
Homozygous Dominant, Purebred
LL
Ll
ll
Heterozygous, hybrid carrier
LL
Ll
ll
Homozygous recessive, Purebred
RR
Rr
rr
