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WorksheetsQUIZIZZ - UNIT TEST GENETICS
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
Short = S
Short = t
Short = T
Short = tt
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
Yy
yY
yy
YY
What is the genotypic ratio of the offspring?
3:1
1:3
1:2:1
2:2
What are the phenotype percentages of the offspring?
(A-Brown fur color; a-white fur color)
50 % Brown fur and 50% White fur
25 % Brown fur and 75% White fur
75 % Brown fur and 25% White fur
0% Brown fur and 100% White fur
(Click the picture to see it without the text)
B=Brown fur
b=tan fur
What percent of the offspring would be tan when you cross BbxBb?
75%
25%
50%
100%
When you cross two parents, each parent is responsible for passing _______ of their two alleles for each individual trait.
1
2
3
4
Grey (G) fur is dominant to brown (g) fur in mice. What would be the genotype of a mouse that is homozygous dominant?
GG
Gg
gg
GGG
Grey (G) fur is dominant to brown (g) fur in mice. What would be the genotype of a mouse that is heterozygous?
GG
Gg
gg
GGG
How many human genetic disorders are known?
1
100
Thousands
None
Who was Gregor Mendel?
Father of genetics
Father of cells
Coined the term heredity
No one
If Mom is type A, and Dad is type AB, can their kid be type o?
Yes
No
What is AA
Homozygous Dominant
Heterozygous
Homozygous Recessive
Heterozygous dominant
What is Aa
Homozygous Dominant
Heterozygous
Homozygous Recessive
Heterozygous dominant
What is aa
Homozygous Dominant
Heterozygous
Homozygous Recessive
Heterozygous dominant
True or False: Mendel used pea plants because they grow quickly and have distinctly different colored flowers.
true
false
True or False: Self pollination is when a male plant and a female plant cross pollinate
true
false
True or False: Human cells have a diploid number of 40
true
false
Having two different allele forms for a particular gene. Ex. Aa
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Dominant
Recessive
True or False: You can be blood type AB because A and B are co-dominant
true
false
The genetic makeup of an organism. Example BB
genotype
phenotype
Dominant
Recessive
The physical look or the organism, such as brown eyes
genotype
phenotype
Dominant
Recessive
The more prevalent form of the gene, written as a capitol letter. Ex. A
genotype
phenotype
Dominant
Recessive
Codominant and incompletely dominant traits have three phenotypes instead of two. How many alleles (versions of the gene) are involved?
1
2
3
4
In snapdragons, flower color is an incompletely dominant trait. Which genotype will lead to a third blended phenotype?
Homozygous dominant
Heterozygous
Homozygous recessive
Red is incompletely dominant to white in snapdragons. Which cross would result in 100% pink flowers?
RR x rr
rr x rr
Rr x Rr
RR x RR
In humans, curly hair is dominant to straight hair, and wavy hair is an intermediate texture. Which explanation most likely accounts for wavy hair?
a mutation occurred, producing wavy hair
a different set of genes resulted in wavy hair
inheritance occurred through incomplete dominance
inheritance occurred as a result of a gene from only one parent
In chickens, black is co dominant with white feathers. Which cross would result in 50% black and white feathers?
BW x BW
BB x WW
BW x WW
WW x BB
In a certain breed of cattle, both red and white hairs show up together. This is an example of which type of inheritance pattern?
incomplete dominance
codominance
multiple alleles
polygenic inheritance
What is name for traits that are controlled by many genes such as height and skin color?
complete dominance
incomplete dominance
co dominance
polygenic
multiple alleles
What are the genotypes for type A blood?
IAIA
IAIB
IAi
IBIB
ii
A child has blood type AB. Which blood types would his parents most likely have?
B and O
O and A
A and B
AB and O
Which could NOT result from a cross between IAIB and IAi?
Type A Blood
Type B Blood
Type AB Blood
Type O Blood
What you see, or the visible result of heredity.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
type A blood
Aa
AA
aa
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square
