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Genetics - bellringer

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which part of a leaf cell does photosynthesis take place?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Cell Walllea

2.

The significant differences between these four dogs were caused by humans. These differences are best explained by the process of

a)

biological adaptation

b)

selective breeding

c)

metamorphosis

d)

regulation

3.

The guinea pigs in a certain population all have black fur. The sudden appearance of a guinea pig with white fur in this population may be the result of

a)

ozone depletion

b)

asexual reproduction

c)

gene mutation

d)

habitat destruction

4.

A small amount of DNA was taken from a fossil of a wooly mammoth found frozen in a glacier. Genetic technology can be used to make a large amount of identical DNA from this mammoth’s DNA. In this technology, the original DNA sample is used to

a)

start differentiation in other mammoth cells

b)

provide fragments to replace certain human body chemicals

c)

act as a pattern for repeated replication of the DNA

d)

start mitosis to get new base sequences

5.
Round seeds (R) are dominant over wrinkled seeds (r). What percentage of the offspring will be round from the following cross?
Rr X Rr
a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

6.
A tall pea plant (TT) is crossed with a short pea plant (tt). What percentage of the offspring will be tall?
a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

7.
A homozygous dominant round seeded plant is crossed with a homozygous recessive wrinkled seeded plant. What are the genotypes of the parents?
a)

RR X rr

b)

Rr X rr

c)

rr X rr

d)

RR X Rr

8.
In guinea pigs, the allele for short hair is dominant over the allele for long hair.
B = short 
b = long
What genotype would a heterozygous short haired guinea pig have?
a)

BB

b)

bb

c)

Bb

9.
Smooth seeds are dominant over wrinkled seeds.
What is the genotype ratio for the following cross?
Nn X NN
a)

NN = 100%, Nn = 0%, nn = 0%

b)

NN = 50%, Nn = 25%, nn = 25%

c)

NN = 50%, Nn = 50%, nn = 0%

d)

NN = 25%, Nn = 50%, nn = 25%

10.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
11.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
12.
In watermelons, green rinds (G) are dominant to striped rinds (g).  What is the genotype of a heterozygous green watermelon?
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
green
13.
When a person has two different alleles for a gene, they are said to be
a)
heterozygous
b)
homozygous
14.

What goes in box 15

a)

aabb

b)

AABB

c)

aaBB

d)

AAbb

15.

Which of the following patterns can result in an intermediate trait, such as pink flowers when crossing red and white flowers.

a)

Sex-linked Alleles

b)

Complete Dominance

c)

Incomplete Dominance

d)

Co-Dominance

16.

How is it possible that a child inherits a trait that the parents do not display?

a)

Parents are Homozygous Dominant

b)

Parents are Homozygous Recessive

c)

Parents are Heterozygous, but only show the recessive trait

d)

Parents are Heterozygous, but only show the dominant trait

17.

Sex-linked genetic disorders are more commonly expressed in males.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which of the following describes when an organism shows both traits equally at the same time, no blending? Example: AB blood type

a)

Complete Dominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Co-Dominance

d)

Sex-Linked

19.
A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?
a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

20.
This is an example of ___________?
a)
Incomplete dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
21.
What type of inheritance is shown?
a)
complete
b)
incomplete
c)
codominance
d)
sex-linked
22.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous
d)
BB
23.

Which statement best explains why people with cancer due to asbestos exposure do not pass the mutation on to their offspring?

a)

The mutation occurred in gametic cells.

b)

The mutation occurred in somatic cells.

c)

The mutation is recessive.

d)

The mutation is sex-linked.

24.

Which of these mutations most likely results in the mutated hemoglobin gene? ​ ​

A ​ (a)   ​ and a ​​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
substitution
point mutation
Insertion
Deletion
Frame Shift
25.

Compared with mitosis, the process of meiosis results in daughter cells that are

a)

Diploid cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cells

b)

Diploid cells with a smaller number of chromosomes that the parent cells

c)

Haploid cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cells

d)

Haploid cells with a smaller number of chromosomes than the parent cells