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genetics

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the role of DNA in heredity?

(a)  

2.

what are three key roles of DNA?

(a)  

3.

What are the phenotype percentages of the offspring?

(A-Brown fur color; a-white fur color)

a)

50 % Brown fur and 50% White fur

b)

25 % Brown fur and 75% White fur

c)

75 % Brown fur and 25% White fur

d)

0% Brown fur and 100% White fur

4.
Brown fur color is dominant over black fur color. Which of the following is the actual genotype of ALL of the offspring in the next generation of this cross for fur color?
AA x aa
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
brown fur
5.

What plant did Mendel study?

a)

pea plant

b)

spinach

c)

carrots

d)

sunflowers

6.
A heterozygous yellow pea plant's genotype would be:
a)
YY
b)
yy
c)
Yy
d)
Yg
7.
If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?
a)
Purple
b)
Green
c)
GG
d)
gg
8.
What are the possible genotypes for this cross?
(Click the picture to see it without the text)
a)

all tall

b)

TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%

c)

TT= 75% tt = 25%

d)

All Short

9.

Red (R) is dominant over white (r). How can a flower be white?

a)

It can have RR and be white.

b)

It has to have rr.

c)

It has to have rR

d)

There is no way it can be white until the third generation.

10.

Term for an organism that display two dominant phenotype at the same time

a)

Multiple alleles

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

codominance

d)

linked genes

11.
Which is the correct phenotype for this organism?
a)
BB
b)
blue
c)
green
d)
bb
12.

Which of the following alleles is homozygous (purebred) recessive?

a)

TT

b)

Tt

c)

tt

d)

ts

13.
An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
five
14.
In cacti, long arms (A) are dominant to short arms (a).  Suppose 2 heterozygous cacti are crossed.  What percentage of their offspring are expected to have short arms?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
75%
d)
100%
15.
this image is an example of
a)
codominance
b)
dominance
c)
incomplete dominance
16.

A point mutation that does not change the amino acid sequence is known as a(n) ____________ mutation.

a)

Frameshift

b)

Nondisjunction

c)

Inversion

d)

Silent