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Heredity Review

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a GENOTYPE?

a)

the genetic make-up of an organism

b)

the physical trait of an organism

c)

mitosis

d)

meiosis

2.

Which of the following are GENOTYPES? (select all correct answers)

a)

black hair

b)

homozygous dominant

c)

heterozygous

d)

blue eyes

e)

BB

3.

What is a phenotype?

a)

the genetic make-up of an organism

b)

the physical trait of an organism

c)

nucleic acid

d)

Aa

4.

Which of the following are PHENOTYPES?

a)

green skin

b)

Aa

c)

homozygous recessive

d)

purple eyes

e)

black fur

5.

The prefix "homo" means

a)

different

b)

same

c)

tomorrow

d)

never

6.

The prefix "hetero" means

a)

different

b)

ugly

c)

fancy

d)

same

7.

Which of the following represents alleles for the homozygous dominant genotype? (check all the apply)

a)

BB

b)

aa

c)

AA

d)

Aa

e)

bb

8.

Which of the following represents alleles for the homozygous recessive genotype? ( check all that apply)

a)

Aa

b)

aa

c)

AA

d)

bb

e)

Bb

9.

Which of the following represents alleles for the heterozygous genotype?

a)

Aa

b)

aa

c)

AA

d)

BB

e)

Bb

10.

If red (R) fur is dominant to white (r) fur, what phenotype would an animal have that is heterozygous for the trait?

a)

red

b)

white

c)

purple

d)

blue

11.

If round (R) peas are dominant to wrinkled (r), what phenotype would someone who is Rr have?

a)

round

b)

wrinkled

c)

rr

d)

RR

12.

If round (R) peas are dominant to wrinkled (r), what phenotype would someone who is rr have?

a)

round

b)

wrinkled

c)

straight

d)

square

13.

Use the punnet square to answer the following question, if red fur is dominant to brown fur what percent of the offspring will have red fur?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

14.

Use the punnet square to answer the following question, if red fur is dominant to brown fur what is the ratios of genotypes for the offspring?

a)

1AA : 2Aa : 1aa

b)

2AA : 1Aa : 1aa

c)

1Red : 2Red : 1Brown

d)

1Red : 2Brown : 1brown

15.

In humans, the trait for tongue rolling is dominant over the trait for the inability of a human to roll his/her tongue. If a heterozygous male is crossed with a homozygous recessive female, then what percent of the offspring would be expected to have the ability to roll their tongues?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

16.

Some fruit flies are born with curly wings which makes them unable to fly. It has been shown that curly wings are caused by a dominant gene (F) and the recessive gene is normal wing (f). If a parent fly that is homozygous dominant is crossed with a fly that is heterozygous, what percentage of the offspring will have curly wings?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

17.

If A = green pods and a = yellow pods, what are the PHENOTYPIC RATIOS of the offspring of a cross between two homozygous recessive parents? (Hint: Make a Punnet Square)

a)

100% green pods

b)

100% yellow pods

c)

100% heterozygous

d)

100% homozygous dominant

18.

If A = green pods and a = yellow pods, what are the PHENOTYPIC RATIOS of the offspring of a cross between a homozygous dominant parent and heterozygous parent? (Hint: Make a Punnet Square)

a)

100% green pods

b)

100% yellow pods

c)

100% heterozygous

d)

100% homozygous dominant

19.

What are the different forms of a gene?

a)

traits

b)

alleles

c)

hybrids

d)

chromosomes

20.

What are the sequences of DNA that code to make proteins in the body? You get one copy of each of these from each parent.

a)

Homologous Chromosome

b)

Dominant

c)

Genes

d)

Chromatin

21.

What are chromosomes that pair together and code for the same traits but from different parents?

a)

Chromosomes

b)

Homologous Chromsomes

c)

DNA

d)

Mendelian Cross

22.

Which scientist studied pea plants and came up with the three laws of inheritance? He is called the "Father of Genetics."

a)

Watson

b)

Crick

c)

Mendel

d)

Curie

23.

What is a cross that predicts the probability of inheriting one trait from a set of parents?

a)

Monohybrid Cross

b)

Dihybrid Cross

24.

What trait overshadows and is always the expressed phenotype?

a)

Gene

b)

Dominant

c)

Recessive

d)

Homologous

25.

What trait only shows in the homozygous state?

a)

Dominant

b)

Gene

c)

Recessive

d)

Genotype

26.

What are the three laws of inheritance that were inspired from Mendels work? (select all three)

a)

Law of Segregation

b)

Law of Independent Assortment

c)

Law of Genetics

d)

Law of Dominance

27.

Which law states that alleles separate indecently of each other to ensure that each gamete has one copy?

a)

Law of Independent Assortment

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Law of genotypes

d)

Law of Dominance

28.

In Chimpanzees, straight fingers are dominant to bent fingers. If two chimps are crossed are crossed and have offspring that are 50% bent fingers and 50% straight fingers, what must have been the genotypes of the parents?

a)

BB, bb

b)

BB, Bb

c)

BB, BB

d)

Bb, bb

29.

In guinea pigs, short hair is dominant to long hair. Cross two heterozygous guinea pigs. Then determine how many guinea pigs will have long hair if 16 are born?

a)

20

b)

16

c)

12

d)

6

e)

4

30.

Match the following genotypes with the correct name.

a)

RR

1.

Homozygous Dominant

b)

Rr

2.

Heterozygous

c)

rr

3.

Homozygous Recessive

31.

Drag the correct response to complete the sentence:

A woman is heterozygous for widow's peak genotype would be ​ ​ (a)   . She marries a man who is homozygous recessive straight hairline. His genotype would be ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
Ww
ww
WW
32.

In peas, purple flowers (F) are dominant to white (f), and tall plants (T) are dominant to short (t).  Parent 1 is a white and short plant. Parent 2 is heterozygous for both traits.

Parent 1 genotype would be ​ (a)  

Parent 2 genotype would be ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
fftt
FfTt
FFTT
FfTT
FFTt
ffTT
ffTt
33.

In humans, brown eyes (B) are dominant to blue eyes (b), and brown hair (H) is dominant to blonde (h).  Cross a homozygous dominant brown-eyed blonde man, with a blue-eyed and heterozygous brunette woman.

Identify the following genotypes for the scenario above:

Homozygous dominant brown-eyed blonde man​ (a)  

Blue eyed and Heterozygous brunetter woman ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
BBhh
bbHh
BBHH
BBHh
BbHH
BbHh
Bbhh
bbHH
bbhh
34.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

What is the ratio of the phenotypes?

a)

1:1:1:1

b)

9:3:3:1

c)

3:1

d)

1:1

35.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

What percent of the offspring will be yellow like the parents?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

36.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

Red (R) is dominant to yellow (rr) and Tall (T) is dominant to short (tt). What percent of the offspring will be red and tall?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

37.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

Red (R) is dominant to yellow (rr) and Tall (T) is dominant to short (tt). What is the ratio of the phenotypes?

a)

1:1:1:1

b)

9:3:3:1

c)

1:1

d)

3:1

38.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

In tomatoes red (R) is dominant to yellow (rr) and tall (T) is dominant to short (tt). If a farmer would like to plant 100 crops, how many will turn out red and short?

a)

100

b)

75

c)

50

d)

25

39.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

In tomatoes red (R) is dominant to yellow (rr) and tall (T) is dominant to short (tt). If a farmer wanted his whole crop to be red and tall which phenotype would give him the best results?

a)

RRTT

b)

RrTT

c)

RRTt

d)

RrTt

40.

Use the Dihybrid to answer the question:

If a farmer wanted to plant his crop where they are all round (R) and green (y) which genotype would give the best results?

a)

RRYY

b)

RrYy

c)

RRyy

d)

rrYY

41.

Select all of the following that are examples of complex inheritance.

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Law of Dominance

c)

Codominance

d)

Multiple Allele

e)

Sex-Linked Traits

42.

Which type of inheritance pattern is where neither allele is dominant over the other and they blend together to have a mixed coloring?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Co-dominance

c)

Multiple Allele

d)

Sex-linked

43.

Which type of inheritance is being described? A red flower and white flower are crossed and all of their offspring are pink.

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Co Dominance

c)

Multiple Allele

d)

Sex-linked

44.

In humans a large nosed woman is crossed with a small nose man. Their first child has a medium nose. What is the chance their next child will have a medium nose?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

45.

In carnations red and white flowers make pink flowers. If a red and pink flower are crossed what is phenotype ratios of the offspring.

a)

1 RR : 2 RR' : 1 R'R'

b)

2 RR : 2 RR'

c)

1 red : 2 pink : 1 white

d)

2 Red : 2 pink

46.

Which type of inheritance is where both traits are dominant and they both fully express as the phenotype?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Co Dominance

c)

Multiple Allele

d)

Polygenic Traits

47.

Select the type of inheritance being described. A black horse is crossed with a white horse and the offspring come out with black spots and white hair (appaloosa).

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Co Dominance

c)

Multiple Allele

d)

Polygenic Traits

48.

In humans sickle-cell anemia results from a combination of a normal gene and an abnormal gene. Cross a normal person with one that has sickle-cell anemia. What is the percent chance that their children will have sickle-cell anemia?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

49.

In chickens, black feathers are co-dominant to white feathers. What would the genotype ratios be if two speckled chickens have offspring?

a)

1 BW : 2 BB : 1 WW

b)

1 BB : 2 BW : 1 WW

c)

2 WW : 1 BB : 1 WW

d)

2 BB : 2 BW : 0 WW

50.

Select all the types of inheritance patterns that blood types would be.

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Law of Dominance

c)

Codominance

d)

Multiple Allele

51.

Which blood type genotype only shows in the homozygous recessive state?

a)

AA

b)

BB

c)

OO

d)

AB

52.

Select all the following blood types that are considered heterozygous?

a)

AO

b)

AA

c)

BB

d)

BO

e)

AB

53.

What is the rarest blood type?

a)

BB

b)

AA

c)

AB

d)

OO

54.

A mother with Type O blood marries a man who is heterozygous for Type B blood. What is the percent chance of them having a child with type O blood?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

55.

A guy who is homozygous for type A blood has a child with a woman with type B blood. Their child has type O blood and he thinks that it is not his child. Could the child be his?

a)

No

b)

Yes

56.

Parents with AB and heterozygous for A blood are planning to have children. What potential blood types would their children have? (select all that apply)

a)

AA

b)

AO

c)

BB

d)

BO

e)

AB

57.

Which type of inheritance pattern is when there are two or more alleles for one gene?

a)

multiple allele

b)

Polygenic Trait

c)

Incomplete Dominance

d)

Linked genes

58.

What type of inheritance is where there are two or more genes that code for a trait?

a)

Multiple Allele

b)

polygenic traits

c)

linked genes

59.

What are genes that are physically located on the same chromosome and typically inherited together?

a)

Polygenic Traits

b)

Multiple Allele

c)

Linked genes

d)

Genotypes

60.

What is the only way for linked genes not to be inherited together?

a)

If they independently assort away from each other

b)

during synapsis

c)

if they swap during crossing over

d)

if nondysjunction occurs

61.

What are traits that are found on the X chromosome called?

a)

Multiple Allele

b)

Polygenic Traits

c)

Sex-linked Traits

d)

Autosomes

62.

If a mother is a carrier for a sex-linked disorder can she pass the trait on to her offspring?

a)

yes

b)

no

63.

What is a person that is not affected or a carrier of a sex-linked trait called?

a)

Normal

b)

Affected

c)

Carrier

d)

A person

64.

Why do males tend to be more affected by sex linked traits than females?

a)

Males only have one X chromosome so if they inherit the disorder they will show it.

b)

Males are carriers and therefore not affected.

c)

Males have a Y chromosome that overshadows the X chromosome.

d)

Females are immune to all sex-link disorders.

65.

Which sex chromosomes does a female have?

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

YY

66.

Which sex chromosomes does a male have?

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

YY

67.

Which sex chromosome does a father pass on to his sons?

a)

X

b)

Y

68.

In Labrador retrievers some puppies have pink noses and some have black. Most dogs that have black fur have black noses. Which inheritance pattern is this an example of?

a)

Multiple Allele

b)

Polygenic Traits

c)

Linked Genes

d)

Sex-linked traits

69.

Why can't men be carriers of sex-linked traits?

a)

Because they only inherit one X

b)

Because the Y is always dominant

c)

Because they never inherit sex-linked traits