WorksheetsDuplicate of 7-Chapter 5 Genetics
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Father of genetics; 1st person to use probability to explain heredity.
a)
Mendel
b)
Darwin
c)
Mendeleev
d)
Currie
2.
The study of how traits are inherited.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Heredity
d)
Genetics
3.
Made of DNA that contains all the information an organism needs to grow and function.
a)
Allele
b)
Gene
c)
Chromosome
d)
DNA
4.
The passing of traits from a parent to their offspring.
a)
Traits
b)
Heredity
c)
Characteristics
d)
Phenotypes
5.
Capital letter; trait always shows
a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
6.
Lower case letter; hidden when a dominant allele is present
a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
homozygous
d)
heterozygous
7.
Whose traits are on the outside of the punnett square?
a)
Mom
b)
Dad
c)
Parents
d)
Offspring
8.
What percent shows the recessive trait?
a)
100%
b)
50%
c)
25%
d)
0%
9.
What percent of offspring are hybrids?
a)
100%
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
10.
What is the side parent's genotype?
a)
Homozygous Dominant
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Homozygous Recessive
d)
Superzygous
11.
What is the top parent's genotype?
a)
Homozygous Dominant
b)
Heterozygous
c)
Homozygous Recessive
d)
Superzygous
12.
Which is homozygous dominant?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
A
13.
Which is homozygous recessive?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
A
14.
Which term means how the organism looks?
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Allele
d)
Dominant
15.
Which term means the letter combination that illustrates a trait?
a)
Phenotype
b)
Dominant
c)
Hybrid
d)
Genotype
16.
Which genotype shows an offspring that is purebred for freckles?
a)
ff
b)
Ff
c)
fF
d)
FF
17.
Which of these causes this boy to get his dad's eyes, but his mom's eyebrows?
a)
Proteins
b)
Bad luck
c)
Genes
d)
Heredity
18.
What is this diagram called?
a)
Venn diagram
b)
Phylogenetic tree
c)
Punnett square
d)
Pedigree chart
19.
Which of these is a genotype?
a)
Yellow Peas
b)
Yy
c)
ATCGTTAC
d)
Methionine
20.
Which of these is a phenotype?
a)
Yellow Peas
b)
Yy
c)
ATCGTTAC
d)
Methionine
21.
The father's genotype is _____________.
a)
Homozygous dominant
b)
Homozygous recessive
c)
Heterozygous
d)
None of the above
22.
The mother's genotype is _____________.
a)
Homozygous dominant
b)
Homozygous recessive
c)
Heterozygous
d)
None of the above
23.
What percentage of these offspring will be homozygous dominant?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
24.
What percentage of these offspring will be heterozygous?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
25.
Which process copies an organism’s DNA?
a)
mutation
b)
replication
c)
translation
d)
transcription
26.
Which is NOT a true hybrid?
a)
It has one recessive allele
b)
It has pairs of chromosomes
c)
Its genotype is homozygous
d)
Its phenotype is dominant
27.
Alleles are different forms of a:
a)
chromome
b)
gene
c)
nucleotide
d)
protein
28.
The twisted ladder shape of the DNA molecule is known as the:
a)
isohedron
b)
deoxyribose twist
c)
hydrogen twist
d)
double helix
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