wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Genetics Exam Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to roll one's tongue is an inherited trait. which of the following is responsible for a person having this trait?

a)

The environmental influence of family members

b)

The genetic instructions in one's chromosomes

c)

The ability for an individual to teach him or herself

d)

The DNA inside an individual's brain

2.

Which sentence best describes the relationship between genes and chromosomes?

a)

Genes are found within chromosomes.

b)

Several chromosomes make up one gene.

c)

Genes and chromosomes are the only things that form the nucleus.

d)

Several genes are attached to different parts of the Golgi apparatus.

3.

Some dogs are bred for speed, while others are bread to have an amazing sense of smell. What is the main influence on whether a dog will become a race dog or be a search dog?

a)

Its diet

b)

its temperament

c)

The training it receives after birth

d)

The genes it inherits from its parents

4.

Which of the following defines heredity?

a)

The study of how characteristics are passed on from parent to offspring

b)

The ability of organisms to adapt to their environment

c)

The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next

d)

The manipulated changing of a trait in an organism

5.

Which of the following would be an example of sexual reproduction?

a)

A strawberry plant that reproduces through runners in the ground

b)

A starfish that reproduces by breaking off and regenerating parts of its body

c)

An amoeba that splits through binary fission

d)

A chicken egg that is fertilized by a rooster

6.

What type of reproduction is more conducive to evolution due to the increased genetic diversity it creates?

a)

Binary fission

b)

Sexual

c)

Asexual

d)

Budding

7.

Humans reproduce

a)

Sexually

b)

Asexually

8.

How many parents are needed for asexual reproduction?

a)

One

b)

Two

9.

How many parents are needed for sexual reproduction?

a)

One

b)

Two

10.

Light hair (h) is recessive to dark hair (H). If 2 light haired people have children, what is the probability that their offspring will also have light hair?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

11.

Where is the DNA located in the cell?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Nucleus

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Proteiin

12.

What percent of children would you expect to be male?

(a)  

13.

What percent of children would you expect to be female?

(a)  

14.

Which sex chromosome is present in both male and female?

(a)  

15.

The two male sex chromosomes are XY.

a)

agree

b)

disagree

16.

Female always gives an X chromosome during fertilization.

a)

agree

b)

disagree

17.

Male sex chromosome determines the sex of an offspring.

a)

agree

b)

disagree

18.

Match the following

a)

BB

1.

Dominant

b)

Bb

2.

Dominant

c)

bb

3.

Recessive

19.

A dominant trait is....

a)

A trait that always comes out

b)

A trait that is always hidden

c)

A mutation

d)

An angry gene

20.

How many chromosomes do humans have?

a)

23

b)

92

c)

46

d)

184

21.

How do we write DOMINANT alleles?

a)

Capital letters

b)

Lower case

22.

How do we write recessive alleles?

a)

Capital letters

b)

Lower case

23.

An individual has the phenotype Bb. Will they express the dominant or recessive trait?

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

24.

DNA is stored in the _________ of cells.

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum (E.R.)

25.

What is represented in the picture?

a)

Gene

b)

Allele

c)

Chromosome

d)

Nucleus

26.

Is this an example of a genotype or a phenotype:


blue eyes

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

27.

Is this an example of a genotype or a phenotype:


YY

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

28.

Is this an example of a genotype or a phenotype:


tall

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

29.

Is this an example of a genotype or a phenotype:


Aa

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

30.

Is this an example of a genotype or a phenotype:


curly hair

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype