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Intro To Genetics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dominant alleles are written with:

a)

Upper case always

b)

Lower case always

2.

Recessive alleles are written with:

a)

Upper case always

b)

Lower case always

3.

Homozygous dominant

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

4.

Homozygous recessive

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

5.

Heterozygous

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

6.

Free earlobes (F) are dominant to attached earlobes (f).

State phenotype for FF.

a)

free earlobes

b)

attached earlobes

7.

Free earlobes (F) are dominant to attached earlobes (f).

State phenotype for Ff.

a)

free earlobes

b)

attached earlobes

8.

Free earlobes (F) are dominant to attached earlobes (f).

State phenotype for ff.

a)

free earlobes

b)

attached earlobes

9.

No hair on fingers (h) is recessive to hair on fingers (H).

State the phenotype for hh.

a)

Hair on fingers

b)

No hair on fingers

10.

No hair on fingers (h) is recessive to hair on fingers (H).

State the phenotype for HH.

a)

Hair on fingers

b)

No hair on fingers

11.

Cleft chin (E) is dominant to smooth chin (e).

State the genotype(s) for smooth chin.

a)

EE only

b)

ee only

c)

Ee only

d)

Both Ee and ee

12.

What type of Genotype is this: AA?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

13.

What type of Genotype is this: Aa?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

14.

What type of Genotype is this: aa?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

15.

What type of Genotype is this: pp?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

16.

An observable characteristic in an organism is...

a)

Trait

b)

Undefinable

c)

Cell

d)

DNA

17.

A segment of DNA that codes for a trait is a ...

a)

Gene

b)

Centromere

c)

Chromosome

d)

Chromatid

18.

Variations in the same gene between different individuals (like blue eyes vs. brown eyes) are called...

a)

Alkaloids

b)

Alleles

c)

Anime

d)

Aliens

19.

Humans have _______ pairs of chromosomes, for a total of _______ chromosomes.

a)

10, 20

b)

25, 100

c)

23, 46

d)

46, 92

20.

A version or variation of a gene

a)

trait

b)

gene

c)

allele

d)

DNA

21.

The alleles that an organism has/inherits are its

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

chromosome

d)

recessive

22.

The observable expression of a trait is its

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

chromosome

d)

allele

23.
Chromosomes are made of
a)
DNA
b)
RNT
c)
WWE
d)
DMA
24.

Hair color and eye color are examples of a person's....

a)

recessive traits

b)

dominant alleles

c)

genotype

d)

phenotype

25.
Genes always appear in pairs. Your parents donate ________ allele for every trait.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
23
d)
46