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Unit 4 Day 1 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The scientific study of heredity is called fertilization

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The passing of physical characteristics, or traits, from parent to offspring.

a)

Genetics

b)

Dominant allele

c)

Heredity

d)

Recessive allele

3.

The scientific study of heredity.

a)

Genetics

b)

Heredity

c)

Probability

d)

Pedigree

4.

An organism that is the offspring of many generations that show the same form of a trait.

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Dominant allele

c)

Purebred

d)

Genotype

5.

The different forms of a gene.

a)

Genes

b)

Allele

c)

Phenotype

d)

Pedigree

6.

A trait that always shows up when the allele is present.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

allele

d)

Dominant allele

7.

A trait that is always hidden when the dominant allele is present.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Recessive allele

c)

Genotype

d)

Heredity

8.

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Hybrid

9.

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

a)

Genes

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Genotype

d)

Dominant allele

10.

A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.

a)

Probability

b)

Punnett square

c)

Pedigree

d)

Genotype

11.

A chart that shows all the possible ways alleles can combine in a genetic cross.

a)

Pedigree

b)

Family tree

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Punnett square

12.

An organism's genetic makeup or allele.

a)

Homozygous

b)

Phenotype

c)

Genotype

d)

Heterozygous

13.

Physical appearance or physical trait.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Genotype

c)

Allele

d)

Trait

14.

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait.

a)

Twins

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Phenotype

d)

Homozygous

15.

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Dominant allele

d)

Hybrid

16.

Genes are inherited in pairs, one from each parent.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A dominant trait: CHOOSE 2

a)

will block a recessive trait

b)

is shown with a capital letter

c)

always occurs more often

d)

is better

18.

HH is

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

homozygous recessive

c)

heterozygous

d)

neither dominant nor recessive

19.

hh is

a)

homozygous recessive

b)

homozygous dominant

c)

heterozygous

d)

neither dominant nor recessive

20.

Aa is a:

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

homozygous

d)

allele

21.

How a trait appears is a

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

gene

d)

dominant

22.

If you know that long hair (H) is dominant to short hair (h) and are shown this picture, can you say if this guinea pig is Hh or HH?

a)

No, Hh and HH have the same phenotype

b)

No, this guinea pig would be hh

c)

Yes, Hh and HH will look different

23.

What is the probability of Aa?

a)

50%

b)

100%

c)

25%

d)

0%

24.

If brown (B) is dominant to blue (b), what are the possible phenotype(s) of this cross?

a)

Brown and blue

b)

Bb and bb

c)

Brown

d)

Bb

25.

These parents are each

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

The same

d)

Heterozygous