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Punnett Squares -Formative

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Put the following in order from largest to smallest.

a)

Nucleotide, cell, chromosome, gene

b)

Cell, gene, chromosome, nucleotide

c)

Cell, chromosome, gene, nucleotide

d)

Chromosome, cell, nucleotide, gene

2.

B is the allele for brown eyes & b is the allele for blue eyes. Two brothers both have brown eyes, but one of them has a B allele & b allele, while the other brother has only B alleles. Which statement is true?

a)

They have the same genotype but not the same phenotype.

b)

The genotype & phenotype are the same.

c)

They have the same phenotype but not the same genotype.

d)

Neither the phenotype nor genotype are the same.

3.

Mike met a Celia Mae at Monster's Inc. Mike is heterozygous for his green skin. While Celia Mae is homozygous purple. What is the probability they will have a purebred green skinned offspring?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

0%

4.

Mike met a Celia Mae at Monster's Inc. Mike is heterozygous for his green skin. While Celia Mae is homozygous purple. What are the possible genotypes for the offspring?

a)

Gg, gg

b)

GG, gg

c)

GG, Gg, gg

d)

GG, Gg

5.

Mike & Celia Mae are expecting a baby. Mike is heterozygous for his one eye. While Celia Mae also has one eye. If Celia Mae's father is purebred for two eyes and her mother is heterozygous for one eye what is Celia Mae's genotype?

a)

EE

b)

ee

c)

Ee

d)

Can no be determined.

6.

A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks? Draw a punnett square to help you answer this question.

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

7.
In a certain species of plant, the color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p).
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being white?
a)
25%
b)
0%
c)
100%
d)
50%
8.

In laboratory mice, black coat color (B) is dominant over white coat color. If a white female's father was black, what is the only genotype the father could be to have a white daughter?

a)

BB

b)

bb

c)

Bb

9.
What is the genotypic ratio here?
a)
25% blue eye 75 % brown eye 
b)
BB = 25% Bb = 50% bb = 25%
c)
BB= 50 % bb = 50%
d)
All brown eye
10.

Two identical alleles for a trait is known as

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

mutation

d)

codominance

11.

A purebred horse with white hair is crossed with a purebred horse with brown hair. Each of their offspring has both white and brown hair. Why does this occur?

a)

several alleles work together to determine a trait

b)

two alleles for hair are dominant

c)

two alleles for hair are recessive

d)

the alleles for fur color are neither dominant or recessive

12.

Factors that control traits are

a)

purebreds

b)

genes

c)

recessives

d)

parents

13.
Complex molecule that carries genetic information that defines an organism's traits. It is stored in the nucleus.
a)
DNA
b)
protein
c)
RNA
d)
glucose nucleic acid (GNA)
14.
An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.
a)

hidden allele

b)

dominant allele

c)

recessive allele

d)

present allele

15.

A gene is

a)

a section of DNA

b)

a chemical found in the nucleus of cells

c)

contains instructions for building a protein

d)

all of the above

16.
Organisms that always produce offspring with the same traits are known as
a)
purebred
b)
hybrid
c)
dominant trait
d)
recessive trait