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Genetics and blood typing review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

Mendel believed that the characteristics of pea plants are determined by the

a)

Traits of both parents

b)

The health of the paretns

c)

The pollenation of the parents

d)

The traits of one parent

2.

Which of the following describes the difference between genotype and phenotype?

a)

genotype is the physical traits we see and phenotype is the names given to alleles of a gene

b)

genotypes are the genes that are passed down; phenotypes are the different versions of those genes

c)

phenotypes are the genes that are passed down; genotypes are the different versions of those genes

d)

genotype refers to the alleles for a given gene; phenotype refers to the trait that you can see

3.

Which of the following is NOT true about blood typing?

a)

There are only 2 antibodies

b)

Only A and B are codominant

c)

Type O blood is codominant with A and B

d)

There are three alleles

4.

What happens to a patient is given the wrong blood type during a transfusion?

a)

Nothing blood type does not matter much when giving someone a blood transfusion

b)

The patient would be fine after a period of adjustment and would go home feeling better

c)

The antibodies in the patient would reject the antibodies in the blood recieved causing problems

d)

The antibodies in the patient would adapt to the antibodies that were recieved causing pain

5.

In flowering plants, offspring will sometimes show a phenotype different from their parents. This new phenotype represents a blending of the trait shown by each of the parents. This inheritance pattern is called

a)

complete dominance

b)

codominance

c)

polygenic traits

d)

incomplete dominance

6.

Mary had type A blood. Her son Bill has type AB blood. Which blood type does Bill's dad have if he is homozygous for blood type?

a)

A,O

b)

A,B

c)

B

d)

A,B,O

7.

  If a person has type B blood, which statement describes the antibodies present in his or her blood?

a)

B, O

b)

B only

c)

A.B.O

d)

A,B

8.

An allele is

a)

a homozygous genotype

b)

another word for a gene

c)

one of several possible forms of a gene

d)

a heterogenous genotype

9.

Which is an external environmental factor that affects how inherited traits are expressed?

a)

nutrition

b)

gender

c)

structural difference

d)

hormones

10.

A brown guinea pig is mated with a white guinea pig. Their offspring are brown with white splotches. Which inheritance patterns does this show?

a)

complete dominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

codominance

d)

polygenic dominance

11.

When the genotype consists of a dominant and a recessive allele, the phenotype will be like ____________ allele.

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

c)

both

d)

neither