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Unit 6: Punnett Square Practice

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What genotype would go in box 2?
a)
BB
b)
Bb
c)
bb
2.

What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?

a)

0%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

25%

3.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
4.

If T=tall and t=short

What is the ratio for short phenotype in this cross?

a)

0:4

b)

1:4

c)

2:4

d)

3:4

5.
G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)
all of the choices result in yellow
6.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
7.
Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
a)
0 %
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
8.

What are the possible genotypes for this cross?

a)

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

b)

all tall

c)

TT= 75% tt = 25%

d)

Tt = 100%

9.

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 purple?

a)

25%

b)

0%

c)

100%

d)

50%

10.

Which of these Punnett squares represents a cross between a homozygous dominant parent and a heterozygous parent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.
What are the possible genotypes for this cross?
(Click the picture to see it without the text)
a)
TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%
b)
all tall
c)
TT= 75% tt = 25%
d)
Tt = 100%
12.

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

13.

What is the genotypic ratio of the offspring?

a)

3:1

b)

1:3

c)

1:2:1

d)

2:2

14.

When red snapdragons are crossed with white snapdragons, the offspring produce pink flowers. This is an example of:

a)

complete dominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

codominance

d)

polygenic inheritance

e)

multiple alleles

15.

When red cows are crossed with white cow, the offspring have a mix of red hair and white hair. These cows are called roan. This is an example of:

a)

complete dominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

codominance

d)

polygenic inheritance

e)

multiple alleles

16.

In humans, the gene for curly hair (H) is incompletely dominant to the gene for straight hair (h). Individuals that are heterozygous (Hh) have wavy hair.

Two wavy-haired heterozygous parents have a child.

What is the likeliness that the child will have wavy hair?

a)

1/4

b)

1/2

c)

3/4

d)

4/4

17.

Red hair (R) and white hair (W) are codominant in cows.

Cross a white cow (WW) with a red cow (RR).

What color will the calves be?

a)

White

b)

Red

c)

Pink

d)

Roan

(Mix of white spots and red spots)

18.

You have two flowers. The purple allele (P) is dominant over the white allele (p).

You breed a homozygous dominant flower (PP) with a homozygous recessive flower (pp).

What color will the offspring be?

a)

All purple

b)

All white

c)

All pink

d)

Half purple, half white.

19.

You have two flowers. The red allele shows incomplete dominance over the white allele.

You breed a red flower (RR) with a white flower (rr).

What do you think the offspring will look like?

a)

All red

b)

All white

c)

All pink

d)

Half red, half white.

20.

Red hair (R) and white hair (W) are codominant in cows. They produce a cow with both red and white spots, called "roan", when mixed.

Cross a white cow (WW) with a roan cow (RW).

What percentage will be red?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

21.

Red flowers (R) show incomplete dominance over white flowers (r). Cross two pink flowers (Rr).

What percentage of the offspring will have white flowers?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

22.

In the image above, what is the percentage of the offspring has the possibility of inheriting blood type O?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

23.

Punnett Square Practice: Based on the information, which men COULD NOT be the father of the baby. Mom is type A and Baby is type B. Check ALL that APPLY. (create a punnett square if you need help figuring it out.)

a)

Sam - Type O

b)

Sebastian Type AB

c)

Sean - Type A

d)

Steve Type B

24.

Two parents think their baby was switched at the hospital. The mother has blood type O, the father has blood type AB and the baby has blood type B.

Complete a punnett square and then answer the question. What is the mother's genotype? What is the father's genotype?

a)

Mom genotype is IᴬIᴬ, Dad genotype is IᴬIᴮ

b)

Mom genotype is ii, Dad genotype is IᴮIᴮ

c)

Mom genotype is ii Dad genotype is IᴬIᴮ

d)

Mom genotype is ii Dad genotype is ii

25.

If a father is heterozygous A and the mother is heterozygous B, what are the possible phenotypes of the offspring?

a)

25% AO

25% AB

25% BO

25% OO

b)

50% A

50% B

c)

25% A

25%AB

25% B

25% O

d)

25% A

25% B

50% O

26.

A woman has type B blood and her husband has type O blood. What must be the woman's genotype, if they have a child with type O blood?

a)

Heterozygous B

b)

Homozygous B

c)

Homozygous O

d)

Heterozygous O

27.

A father has type AB blood and the mother has type O. What percentage of their offspring would you expect to have?

a)

Type A, 25%, Type B 25%, Type AB 25%, Type O 25%

b)

Type A 50%, Type B 25%, Type AB 25%, Type O 50%

c)

Type A blood 50%, Type B 50%, Type AB 0%, Type O Blood 0%

d)

Type A blood 100%

28.
What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have?
a)
O and AB
b)
O and A
c)
O and B
d)
A and B
29.

If a father is IA IA and a mother is IA IB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood type?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

30.
Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?
a)
XBXb
b)
XbXb
c)
XbY
d)
XBY
31.

H= normal blood clotting

h=hemophilia


XHXh x XHY


What is the probability that any of their offspring will have hemophilia?

a)

4/4

b)

3/4

c)

2/4

d)

1/4

32.

Colorblindness is a recessive X-linked disorder.

Which genotype represents a male with normal vision?

a)

XN YN

b)

Xn Yn

c)

XN Y

d)

Xn Y

33.

On a pedigree, this symbol represents a ----

a)

not affected male.

b)

not affected female.

c)

affected male.

d)

affected female.

34.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R X r ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with red eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with white eyes

35.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R Y ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with white eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with red eyes

36.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
a)
XHXh
b)
XhXh
c)
XHXH
d)
XhY
37.

In the diagram, individual III-3 indicates

a)

a female with no freckles

b)

a male with no freckles

c)

a male with freckles

d)

a female with freckles

38.

What is the Genotype of individual I-1?

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

d)

Can't know for sure

39.

In the diagram, individual II-1 indicates

a)

a female with no freckles

b)

a male with no freckles

c)

a male with freckles

d)

a female with freckles

40.

What is the Genotype of individual II-6?

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

d)

Can't know for sure

41.

Assuming a trait is X-LINKED RECESSIVE, what are the genotypes of an AFFECTED person?

a)

XAY

b)

XaY

c)

XAXA

d)

XAXa

e)

XaXa

42.

Assuming a trait is X-LINKED DOMINANT, what are the genotypes of an UNAFFECTED person?

a)

XAY

b)

XaY

c)

XAXA

d)

XAXa

e)

XaXa

43.
What goes in box 3
a)
Aabb
b)
AABB
c)
AAbb
d)
aaBb
44.

What goes in box 15

a)

aabb

b)

AABB

c)

aaBB

d)

AAbb

45.
Using the dihybrid cross and key provided, what is the probability of the offspring being tall and white?
a)
9
b)
2
c)
3
d)
6
46.

Based off this punnett square, what fraction of the offspring will have wrinkled, yellow seeds?

a)

9/16

b)

3/16

c)

1/16

d)

16/16

47.

A way to predict genetic probability using two different

sets of alleles on two different chromosomes.

a)

Co-Dominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Monohybrid Cross

d)

Dihybrid Cross