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Biology sem 1 wk 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the genotype of a woman with red-green color blindness?

a)

Xb Xb

b)

XB XB

c)

XB Xb

d)

Xb Y

2.

Which defines an organism that is homozygous for a trait?

a)

has two different alleles for a trait

b)

has two different genes for a trait

c)

has two of the same alleles for a trait

d)

has two of the same genes for a trait

3.

What is the effect of sickle-cell anemia?

a)

inefficient oxygen transportation

b)

blocked respiratory pathways

c)

decreased neurological functions

d)

susceptibility to contracting malaria

4.

Which is the ratio of pea plant offspring with recessive green seeds if both parents are hybrids?

a)

1:1

b)

1:2

c)

1:4

d)

1:8

5.

Which of the following causes genetic recombination?

a)

allels

b)

crossing over

c)

segregation

d)

hybridization

6.

The process of breeding closely-related organisms to eliminate undesirable traits in future generations is called __.

a)

inbreeding

b)

crossing over

c)

segregation

d)

gene splicing

7.

A person who is a heterozygous for albinism is called a(n) __.

a)

DNA

b)

allel

c)

producer

d)

carrier

8.

An intermediate heterozygous phenotype between two homozygous phenotypes is called .

a)

complete

b)

dominant

c)

recessive

d)

allel

9.

The possibility for either green or yellow seeds in pea plants is an example of possible __.

a)

allels

b)

mutations

c)

segregation

d)

complete

10.

Breeding a dog that has a good sense of smell with another dog that will retrieve game birds to produce offspring with both desirable traits is an example of __.

a)

segregation

b)

gene splicing

c)

inbreeding

d)

hybridization

11.

The tall allele, T, is dominant to the short allele, t, in Mendel’s pea plants. You examine a pea plant that exhibits the tall phenotype. Which is NOT its genotype

a)

TT

b)

Tt

c)

tt

12.

A father with type A+ blood and a mother with type O+ blood have four children. Of their four children, two have type A+ blood and two have type O+ blood. What is the genotype of the father?

a)

IAIA

b)

IAIB

c)

IAi

13.

A father and mother have four children. The children's blood type are as follows:

  • a son with type A blood

  • a daughter with type B blood

  • a daughter with type AB blood

  • a son with type O blood

Based on this information, what are the blood types of the parents?

a)

The father has homozygous O blood.

b)

The father has heterozygous B blood.

c)

The mother has heterozygous A blood.

d)

The mother has homozygous O blood.

14.

Which of the following is not an example of eukaryotic gene regulation?

a)

transcription factors

b)

trp operon

c)

Hox genes

d)

RNA interference

15.

Which scientist confirmed that DNA is genetic material?

a)

Chargaff

b)

Crick

c)

Hershey

d)

Levene

16.

What can be said about DNA replication?

a)

Replication is said to be conservative and semidiscontinuous.

b)

Replication is said to be conservative and continuous.

c)

Replication is said to be semiconservative and continuous.

d)

Replication is said to be semiconservative and semidiscontinuous.

17.

Which scientist(s) indicated that DNA was found in the shape of a double helix?

a)

Avery

b)

Griffith

c)

Hershey

d)

Franklin and Wilkins

18.

Which is the function of the enzyme DNA polymerase during replication?

a)

bonds mRNA to original parent strand

b)

bonds nucleotides to new DNA strand

c)

unwinds the replicated DNA strand

d)

winds up the replicated DNA strand

19.

During replication, the double helix is unwound by the enzyme __.

a)

ligase

b)

polymerase

c)

helicase

d)

primase

20.

The ability of an Escherichia coli bacterium to control its gene transcription in response to environmental factors is called __.

a)

transcription factors

b)

operon regulation

c)

gene regulation

d)

RNA interference