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Heredity Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

Homozygous

1.

Having two identical alleles for a given gene

b)

Heterozygous

2.

Having two different alleles for a given gene

c)

Phenotype

3.

The physical traits of an organism determined by genetic makeup

d)

Genotype

4.

The genetic makeup or set of alleles of an organism

e)

Allele

5.

Alternative form of a gene

2.

Match the following

a)

Found on the X chromosome

1.

X linked trait

b)

Both traits are Dominant

2.

Codominance

c)

Neither trait is completely dominant

3.

Incomplete dominance

d)

Both alleles are Dominant or recessive

4.

Homozygous

e)

One allele is dominant and the other is recessive

5.

Heterozygous

3.

In tomatoes, red fruit (R) is dominant over yellow fruit (r). A plant that is heterozygous for red fruit is crossed with a plant that has yellow fruit. What will be the genotype and phenotype of the offspring?

a)

1 Rr : 1 rr

1 red : 1 yellow

b)

2 Rr : 2 rr

2 red : 2 yellow

c)

1 RR : 2 Rr : 1 rr

3 red : 1 yellow

d)

Not enough information

4.

Oh no! The hospital has made a big mistake and lost track of which baby belongs to each set of parents. Can you help them fix this before they get sued??

a)

Baby 1 : O blood type

1.

Mr. and Mrs. Gene: B and O

b)

Baby 2: AB blood type

2.

Mr. and Mrs. Allele: AB and AB

c)

Baby 3: A blood type

3.

Mr. and Mrs. Dna: O and AB

5.

In humans, the gene for color-blindness is sex-linked (X-linked) and recessive.  Cross a female who is a carrier of color-blindness with a normal male. What is the probability they will have a colorblind son?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

100%

d)

75%

6.
Genotype refers to the ...
a)
physical expression of the genes
b)
the possible combination of alleles in a gene
c)
whether an allele is dominant or recessive
d)
how an organism will appear
7.
An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
five
8.

an organism’s appearance

a)

allele

b)

pollination

c)

trait

d)

genotype

e)

phenotype

9.
One form of a gene is called_______________
a)
a DNA
b)
a Phenotype
c)
a trait
d)
an allele
10.

An organism that has inherited two of the same alleles of a gene from its parents is _____ for that trait

a)

Hereditary

b)

heterozygous

c)

homozygous

d)

a mutation

11.

the phenotype of the offspring indicated by BOX 3 would be

a)

brown

b)

a mixture of brown and black

c)

black

d)

the phenotype cannot be determined

12.

The genotypic ratio (BB: Bb) of the F1 generation would be

a)

1:1

b)

3:1

c)

1:3

d)

None of the above

13.
If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?
a)
Purple
b)
Green
c)
GG
d)
gg