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Simple Inheritance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many pairs of chromosomes does each person have?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

2

d)

1,046,023

2.

The trait that will always be expressed if at least one copy of an allele is present.

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

DNA

3.

The trait that will be expressed only if two copies of the allele are present.

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

DNA

4.

What is it called when a gene carries two different types of alleles?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Monozygous

d)

Trizygous

5.

What is it called when a gene carries two of the same alleles?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Monozygous

d)

Mamazygous

6.

Which of the following is heterozygous?

a)

FF

b)

Gg

c)

tt

d)

RR

7.

Which of the following is homozygous recessive?

a)

rr

b)

TT

c)

AA

d)

Ff

8.

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

a)

Jj

b)

MM

c)

Rr

d)

ee

9.

Which of the following is heterozygous?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

d)

22

10.

Brown eye color is dominant. Blue eye color is recessive. Select the combination of letters below that would represent a person being a purebred for brown eyes. In other words, which option represents a person having both alleles for brown eyes? (hint: think of capitalization of letters and what is used for dominant vs. recessive).

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

d)

aA

11.

Brown eye color is dominant. Blue eye color is recessive. Select the person that is a purebred for blue eyes.

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aA

d)

aa

12.

What is the definition of the phenotype?

a)

The physical traits of an organism

b)

The genetic makeup of an organism

c)

The letters eg, Aa

d)

How the genotype is expressed.

13.
One form of a gene is called_______________
a)
a DNA
b)
a Phenotype
c)
a trait
d)
an allele
14.
An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.
a)
hidden allele
b)
dominant allele
c)
recessive allele
d)
present allele
15.

How much of your DNA do you inherit from your mum?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

it varies