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Grade 8 Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a tall plant (Tt). What is the phenotype of the offspring?

a)

50% homozygous dominant; 50% heterozygous; 100% tall

b)

25% homozygous dominant; 75% heterozygous; 100% short

c)

100% homozygous dominant; 100% tall

d)

50% homozygous dominant; 50% heterozygous; 100% short

2.

The two sex chromosomes are X and Y. To be female, you would have which of the following chromosomes?

a)

XX

b)

YY

c)

XY

3.

Which trait does a puppy inherit from its parents?

a)

fur color and pattern

b)

food brand preference

c)

obedience to commands

d)

affection for a specific home

4.

What are autosomal chromosomes?

a)

Chromosomes that determine just your eye color and hair color.

b)

Chromosomes that determine if you are biologically male or female.

c)

Chromosomes that do not determine if you are biologically male or female.

5.

The division process that cells undergo to repair or replace damage or to reproduce exact copies is called ________________.

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

synthesis

d)

replication

6.

A woman who is a carrier of an X-linked recessive trait will have a ______ chance of passing that trait to her sons.

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

7.

A linear code of three sequential bases on one side of a DNA molecule is a _____________.

a)

codon

b)

gene

c)

base pair

d)

amino acid

8.

What part of protein synthesis does this diagram represent?

a)

mRNA

b)

rRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

RNA

9.

The genetic code carries ____________________.

a)

ATP across the cytoplasm

b)

lysosomes around to kill bacteris

c)

molecules through the cell membrane

d)

instructions for translating information into proteins

10.

What are sex chromosomes?

a)

Chromosomes that have many genes to determine your eye color.

b)

Chromosomes that determine if you are biologically male or female.

c)

Chromosomes that do not determine if you are biologically male or female.

11.

A zoo needs to know which of three male lions fathered a litter of cubs.

a)

DNA fingerprinting

b)

genome sequencing

c)

organism cloning

d)

gene therapy

12.

Two heterozygous red flowers (white flowers are recessive) are crossed. What is the phenotype of the offspring?

a)

50% red; 50% white

b)

75% white; 25% red

c)

25% red; 25% pink; 50% white

d)

75% red; 25% white

13.

Which gender can be carriers of colorblindness and not have it?

a)

Just males

b)

Just females

c)

Both genders

14.

After meiosis, sex cells have _________ the number of chromosomes as body cells.

a)

the same

b)

half of

c)

more than

d)

a quarter of the

15.

How many females are in this pedigree?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

d)

7

16.

DNA molecule segment is : TTACGCAAG The mutated DNA segment is TTCGCAAG. This is an example of ___ mutation.

a)

Deletion

b)

Insertion

c)

Inversion

d)

Substitution

17.

Which of the following describes a variation?

a)

A characteristic of an organism.

b)

A difference within a characteristic of an organism.

c)

Something that describes why people are the same.

d)

Something that describes why people are different.

18.

A mutation is defined as:

a)

A change in the cell's structure

b)

A change in the DNA sequence

c)

Anything that changes in an embryo

d)

Any change in the physical features of a human

19.

Genetic mutations can be __________________.

a)

harmful only

b)

beneficial only

c)

neutral only

d)

beneficial, harmful, or neutral

20.

A fertilized egg has _________ chromosomes as the body cells of a parent.

a)

more

b)

less

c)

1/2

d)

the same number of 

21.

What type of chromosomal abnormality do people with Down Syndrome have? 

a)

trisomy 21

b)

dominant inheritance

c)

monosomy 21

d)

recessive inheritance

22.

What determines gender in humans? 

a)

autosomal chromosomes

b)

chromosome 21

c)

codominance

d)

the X and Y chromosome

23.

What is the problem with this karyotype?

a)

This karyotype is from a gamete.

b)

This karyotype has no abnormality.

c)

This karyotype shows Trisomy 21

d)

This karyotype is missing a sex chromosome.