WorksheetsBiology sem 1 wk 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
What is the genotype of a woman with red-green color blindness?
Xb Xb
XB XB
XB Xb
Xb Y
Which defines an organism that is homozygous for a trait?
has two different alleles for a trait
has two different genes for a trait
has two of the same alleles for a trait
has two of the same genes for a trait
What is the effect of sickle-cell anemia?
inefficient oxygen transportation
blocked respiratory pathways
decreased neurological functions
susceptibility to contracting malaria
Which is the ratio of pea plant offspring with recessive green seeds if both parents are hybrids?
1:1
1:2
1:4
1:8
Which of the following causes genetic recombination?
allels
crossing over
segregation
hybridization
The process of breeding closely-related organisms to eliminate undesirable traits in future generations is called __.
inbreeding
crossing over
segregation
gene splicing
A person who is a heterozygous for albinism is called a(n) __.
DNA
allel
producer
carrier
An intermediate heterozygous phenotype between two homozygous phenotypes is called .
complete
dominant
recessive
allel
The possibility for either green or yellow seeds in pea plants is an example of possible __.
allels
mutations
segregation
complete
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 __.
segregation
gene splicing
inbreeding
hybridization
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
TT
Tt
tt
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?
IAIA
IAIB
IAi
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?
The father has homozygous O blood.
The father has heterozygous B blood.
The mother has heterozygous A blood.
The mother has homozygous O blood.
Which of the following is not an example of eukaryotic gene regulation?
transcription factors
trp operon
Hox genes
RNA interference
Which scientist confirmed that DNA is genetic material?
Chargaff
Crick
Hershey
Levene
What can be said about DNA replication?
Replication is said to be conservative and semidiscontinuous.
Replication is said to be conservative and continuous.
Replication is said to be semiconservative and continuous.
Replication is said to be semiconservative and semidiscontinuous.
Which scientist(s) indicated that DNA was found in the shape of a double helix?
Avery
Griffith
Hershey
Franklin and Wilkins
Which is the function of the enzyme DNA polymerase during replication?
bonds mRNA to original parent strand
bonds nucleotides to new DNA strand
unwinds the replicated DNA strand
winds up the replicated DNA strand
During replication, the double helix is unwound by the enzyme __.
ligase
polymerase
helicase
primase
The ability of an Escherichia coli bacterium to control its gene transcription in response to environmental factors is called __.
transcription factors
operon regulation
gene regulation
RNA interference
