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Heredity Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name this structure

a)

Double Helix

b)

Twisted Ladder

c)

Hydrogen Bond

d)

Nucleotide

2.

Which organelle is DNA found in?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Vacuole

c)

Ribosome

d)

Cell Membrane

3.

What are the proper complementary base pairs in DNA?

a)

A-G and C-T

b)

G-T and A-C

c)

A-U and C-G

d)

A-T and C-G

4.

During which part of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

a)

G1

b)

Synthesis

c)

Mitosis

d)

G2

5.

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

a)

The color of the nitrogen bases

b)

The shape of the nitrogen bases

c)

The order of the nitrogen bases

d)

The nucleus

6.

All mutations are bad

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What type of mutation has occurred here?

T-G-A-C-C-A

T-G-A-G-C-A

a)

Insertion

b)

Frameshit

c)

Deletion

d)

Substitution

8.
Question Image

Having a Widow's Peak is dominant (W) over not (w). If parent A (WW) and parent B (ww) have a child, what is the likelihood that--

a)

The child will have a widow's peak

1.

100%

b)

The child will not have a widow's peak

2.

0%

c)

The genotype of these children

3.

Ww

9.
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
all of the choices result in yellow
10.

Two heterozygous (Tt) tall pea plants are crossed. Tall (T) is dominant. Short (t) is recessive. Which is the likelihood of each phenotype?

a)

50% tall and 50% short

b)

75% tall and 25% short

c)

100% short

11.
A lab technique used in crime fighting to prove a suspects innocence or guilt is known as:
a)
genetic engineering
b)
PCR
c)
electrophoresis
d)
gene therapy
12.
What is recombinant DNA?
a)
Adding DNA from one organism into the DNA of another
b)
DNA which has been changed over generations by natural selection
c)
DNA that causes genetic disorders
d)
DNA that has been sequenced
13.
Another name for GMO (Genetically Modified Organsim) is ____________.
a)
Transgenic
b)
Transplanted
c)
Transducted
d)
Plasmid
14.

Which kitten is most likely the offspring of this cat?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

________ are used to ________ DNA pieces by ________

a)

Restriction enzymes, connect, fission

b)

Restriction enzymes, isolate, "snipping"

c)

Plasmids, connect, fission

d)

Plasmids, isolate, "snipping"

16.
"The Great White Shark was 20 feet in length.  Phenotype or Genotype?
a)
phenotype
b)
genotype
17.
What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
c)
Mendelian Inheritance
d)
Homozygous Inheritance
18.
This type of inheritance pattern shows BOTH traits in possible offspring
a)
complete dominance
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
co-dominance
d)
dominant pattern
19.
This is an example of ___________.
a)
 Incomplete Dominance
b)
 Codominance
20.

A man who is heterozygous for type B blood and a woman who is homozygous for type A. What are the chances that their first child will have type AB blood?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

21.

Transcribe the following DNA strand: CTG AAT

a)

GAC TTA

b)

CTG AAT

c)

GAC UUA

d)

CUG AAU

22.
What is the correct amino acid sequence for the mRNA code AUGCCAGUAUGA
a)
Met-Pro-Ala-Val
b)
Met-Pro-Val
c)
Tyr-Gly-His
d)
Tyr-Gly-Arg-His
23.
One difference between DNA and RNA is that RNA....
a)
is double stranded 
b)
contains the base Thymine
c)
contains the base Uracil 
d)
contained the base Guanine
24.

Which of the following would result in a frameshift mutation?

a)

Insertions only

b)

Substitution only

c)

Deletion only

d)

Insertions and Deletions