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Genetics Unit Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Red flowers (R) are dominant over white flowers (r). Select the genotypes that would produce red flowers.

a)

RR

b)

Rr

c)

rr

d)

Rw

2.

Select all of the following genotypes that are considered Homozygous.

a)

AA

b)

bb

c)

Hh

d)

Dd

e)

zz

3.

Which is a true statement about this picture?

a)

Brown is recessive

b)

Brown is dominant

c)

Blue is dominant

d)

Blue is codominant

4.
What percentage of the offspring will be purebred dominant?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
5.

In the Punnett Square below, what belongs in the missing square?

a)

tt

b)

Tt

c)

Bb

d)

TT

6.
What percentage of the offspring will be heterozygous dominant?
a)
100%
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
7.

What does heterozygous mean?

a)

An organism that has 2 of the same alleles for a trait.

b)

An organism that has 2 different alleles for a trait.

c)

When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both.

d)

The different forms of a trait.

8.

Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance their baby is blue eyed?

a)

0 %

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

9.

How many offspring will show the recessive trait?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

10.

What percentage of the possible offspring are hybrids?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

11.

What are different versions of the same gene?

a)

alleles

b)

chromosomes

c)

heterozygous

d)

genetics

12.

What is a diagram that is used to show how an inherited trait moves through a family?

a)

eukaryote

b)

heredity

c)

genotype

d)

pedigree

13.

How many alleles does a child get from each parent for a trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

On a pedigree, this symbol represents a ---

a)

unaffected female.

b)

unaffected male.

c)

affected male.

d)

affected female.

15.

On a pedigree, this symbol represents a ----

a)

unaffected male.

b)

unaffected female.

c)

affected male.

d)

affected female.

16.

In the second generation of this pedigree, how many people are carriers of the trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

17.
This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
2
d)
3
18.
What is the genotype of the mother?
a)
BB
b)
bb
c)
Bb
d)
BB or Bb
19.

How many generations are shown in this pedigree?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

The physical characteristics or expression of a gene is referred to as what?

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

allele

d)

pedigree

21.
How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
22.
How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
23.

In fruit flies, eye color is a x-linked recessive gene. Red eyes (R) are dominant to white eyes (r). What would be the genotype of a white-eyed male?

a)

XrY

b)

XRY

c)

XrXr

d)

XRXr

24.

What type of trait always shows up when present?

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

c)

allele

d)

phenotype

25.
The offspring in the punnett square are ______________ .
a)
Heterozygous
b)
Purebred
c)
Homozygous
d)
Recessive
26.
What is a capital letter used to represent?
a)
Recessive allele
b)
Homozygous
c)
Heterozygous
d)
Dominant allele
27.
If two parents are heterozygous for type A blood, what is the probability that their offspring would have type O blood?
a)
100 %
b)
75%
c)
50%
d)
25%
28.
If a father is AA and a mother is AB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
29.
What types of blood can a person with AB RECEIVE?
a)
B only
b)
AB, A, B, O
c)
AB and O only
d)
A only
30.
What type of blood is the universal donor?
a)

O

b)

AB

c)

A

d)

B

31.
What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have?
a)
O and AB
b)
O and A
c)
O and B
d)
A and B
32.

Which blood type is the universal donor (all people can receive it)?

a)

O

b)

AB

c)

A

d)

B

33.

Name the proteins on the surface of red blood cells.

a)

Antibodies

b)

Antigens

c)

Plasma

d)

Collagen

34.

Name the protein(s) on the surface of blood type B?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

A and B

d)

O

35.

What antibodies can be found when someone has blood type A?

a)

none

b)

A

c)

B

d)

A and B

36.

In a pedigree, which shape represents a male?

a)

circle

b)

square

37.

Which gender has an X and a Y chromosome?

a)

male

b)

female

38.

How many individuals are there in the 3rd generation?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

39.
What is this?
a)
Pedigree
b)
Karyotype
c)
Venn diagram
d)
Punnett Square
40.
What do half colored symbols represent?
a)

The individual is a carrier.

b)

The individual expresses the trait.

c)

The individual has both recessive alleles.

d)

The individual has both dominant alleles.

41.
How many people in this whole pedigree have the trait/disease?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
42.
Which gender can be carriers of colorblindness and not have it?
a)

Just males

b)

Just females

c)

Both genders

43.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
a)
XHXh
b)
XhXh
c)
XHXH
d)
XhY
44.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a male with hemophilia?
a)
XHXh
b)
XhXh
c)
XHY
d)
XhY
45.
Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?
a)
XBXb
b)
XbXb
c)
XbY
d)
XBY