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Biology Ch. 10

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process by which haploid gametes combine is called ____.

a)

interphase

b)

fertilization

c)

genetic variation

d)

synapsis

2.

What is produced by the crossing over and independent assortment of genes?

a)

X chromosomes

b)

genetic recombination

c)

Y chromosomes

d)

alleles

3.

____ are heterozygous for two different traits.

a)

dihybrids

b)

monohybrids

c)

alleles

d)

recessive genes

4.

An organism with two different alleles for a particular trait is ____.

a)

incapable of reproduction

b)

homozygous

c)

heterozygous and homozygous

d)

heterozygous

5.

A (an) ____ is an alternative form of a single gene passed from generation to generation.

a)

hybrid

b)

phenotype

c)

allele

d)

zygote

6.

What happens during metaphase I of meiosis?

a)

sister chromatids split

b)

haploid number of chromosomes line up at the cell's equator

c)

DNA replication occurs

d)

interphase occurs

7.

What does this figure depict?

a)

the anaphase I stage of meiosis

b)

a pair of homologous chromosomes in prophase I

c)

two zygotes

d)

a single chromatid

8.

Which of the following is not true of meiosis?

a)

involves DNA replication

b)

provides genetic variation

c)

occurs in reproductive cells

d)

prevents genetic variation

9.

Sex cells containing half the total number of chromosomes are called?

a)

chromosomes

b)

diploid cells

c)

gametes

d)

phenotypes

10.

Which statement pertains to Mendel's law of segregation?

a)

Homozygous organisms are called hybrids.

b)

Two alleles for each trait separate during meiosis.

c)

Allele pairs are called a genotype.

d)

Dominant traits are visible.

11.

Which of these pertains to Mendel's law of independent assortment?

a)

observable characteristics of a trait

b)

separation of alleles during meiosis

c)

random distribution of alleles

d)

protein production

12.

Which of these applies to genetic recombination?

a)

no formula can calculate gene combinations

b)

genes are prevented from combining

c)

gene combinations are produced by crossing over

d)

involves glucose production

13.

What process does this figure show?

a)

protein synthesis

b)

replication of DNA

c)

chromosomal segment exchange

d)

mitosis

14.

What does TT represent?

a)

a genotype consisting of two dominant alleles

b)

a heterozygous trait

c)

a single allele

d)

a genotype consisting of two recessive alleles

15.

The observable expression of an allele pair is called a ____.

a)

recessive gene

b)

genotype

c)

monohybrid cross

d)

phenotype

16.

Polyploidy is the occurrence of one or more extra sets of ____ in an organism.

a)

chromosomes

b)

zygotes

c)

phenotypes

d)

diploids

17.

Meiosis produces ____ in gametes.

a)

enzymes

b)

identical daughter cells

c)

46 chromosomes

d)

genetic variation

18.

Homologous chromosomes separate during which phase(s) of meiosis?

a)

interphase

b)

anaphase I

c)

telophase I

d)

interphase and telophase I

19.

Diploids contain twice the number of chromosomes found in a single ____.

a)

gamete

b)

zygote

c)

protein molecule

d)

synapse

20.

Crossing over results in ____.

a)

the removal of genotypes from a zygote

b)

less genetic variation

c)

fewer combinations of genes

d)

greater genetic variation