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Unit 7 Study Guide: Genetics

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which genotype below represents a homozygous trait?

a)

Aa

b)

AA

c)

aA

2.

A hitched thumb is a recessive trait. A person with a hitched thumb would have a genotype of?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

bB

3.

Each organism has 2 alleles for a particular trait. Where do these two alleles come from?

a)

One from each parent

b)

Both from one parent

c)

Alleles do not come from parents

d)

The kidney

4.

The ability to roll your tongue is a dominant trait. If both parents are heterozygous for tongue rolling and they have 8 children together, is it possible that they could have children who are unable to roll their tongues?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Not enough information

5.

What is the genotype for #15?

a)

rr

b)

Rr

c)

RR

d)

rR

6.

What is the genotype for #16?

a)

RR

b)

Rr

c)

rr

d)

rR

7.

A male heterozygous for widow’s peak marries a female without a widow’s peak.

Widow’s peak is a dominant trait (H) not having a widow’s peak is recessive (h).


What is the male's genotype?

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

Widow's Peak

d)

No Widow's Peak

8.

A male heterozygous for widow’s peak marries a female without a widow’s peak.

Widow’s peak is a dominant trait (H) not having a widow’s peak is recessive (h).


What is the male's phenotype?

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

Widow's Peak

d)

No Widow's Peak

9.

A male heterozygous for widow’s peak marries a female without a widow’s peak.


Widow’s peak is a dominant trait (H) not having a widow’s peak is recessive (h).


Use the Punnett Square on Widow's Peal to answer the following question:


What percent of the children will have widow's peak?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

10.

An organism’s physical appearance of visible traits is a _____________.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

11.

An organism’s genetic makeup is a _________________.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

12.

An organism’s genetic makeup is a _________________.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

13.

Has 2 of the same alleles is __________________.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

14.

Has 2 different alleles is _____________________.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

15.
What does heterozygous mean?
a)
An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)
b)
An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)
c)
When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
d)
the different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red
16.

A woman homozygous for A blood marries a man heterozygous for B blood. What is the probability that they will produce offspring with AB blood?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

17.

What is the chance of a parent with blood types AB and a parent with blood type O producing an offspring with blood type O?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

18.

A roan cow shows co-dominance in fur color (red and white). What is the expected phenotypic ratio if a roan cow and a roan steer mate together?

a)

100% Red

b)

1: Red: 1 White

c)

1 Red: 1 Roan

d)

1: Red: 2  Roan: 1 White

19.

A red flowered plant is crossed with a white flowered plant. The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance. What percentage of the offspring will have pink flowers?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

20.

In chickens, feather color is codominant. If a homozygous black chicken is mated with one that is heterozygous black and white, what is the probability of having a chicken that is black and white?

a)

1/4

b)

1/2

c)

3/4

d)

100%

21.
when one allele is not completely dominant over the other - blending of two traits
a)
Codominance
b)
Complete dominance
c)
incomplete dominance
d)
none of these
22.
condition in which both alleles for a gene are expressed when present - both traits are visible
a)
Codominance
b)
Dominance
c)
Complete dominance
d)
Incomplete dominance
23.
this image is an example of
a)
codominance
b)
dominance
c)
incomplete dominance
24.
this image is an example of
a)
codominance
b)
dominance
c)
incomplete dominance
25.
What you see, or the physical appearance.
a)
Genotype
b)
Phenotype
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
26.

The different forms of a gene are called

a)

traits

b)

pollinators

c)

alleles

d)

hybrids

27.

Which of the following explains the appearance of the trait for white flowers in the offspring that neither parent possesses?

a)

law of independent assortment

b)

Mitosis

c)

genetic recombination during meiosis

d)

law of segregation

28.
Trait that ALWAYS shows up in an offspring.
a)
Recessive allele
b)
Dominant allele
c)
gene
d)
Heterozygous
29.
Trait that is masked or covered up.
a)
Ressesive 
b)
Dominant 
c)
Homozygous
d)
Heterozygous
30.

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

31.
Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?
a)
XBXb
b)
XbXb
c)
XbY
d)
XBY
32.

What would the genotype be of a colorblind male?

a)

XNY

b)

XNYn

c)

XnY

d)

XnYn

33.

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

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 Y ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with white eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with red eyes

35.

Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because......

a)

fathers pass the allele for colorblindness to their sons only

b)

the allele for colorblindness is located on the Y chromosome

c)

the allele for colorblindness is recessive and located on the X chromosome

d)

males who are colorblind have two copies of the allele for colorblindness

36.

The woman who is colorblind marries a man with normal vision. What is the probability that their sons will be colorblind?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

37.
What goes in box 3
a)
Aabb
b)
AABB
c)
AAbb
d)
aaBb
38.
What is the genotype for a pea plant heterozygous for round seeds (R), and homozygous recessive for green seeds (y)?
a)
Ry
b)
RRyy
c)
RrYy
d)
Rryy
39.
In a dihybrid cross
a)
one trait is crossed.
b)
two traits are crossed.
c)
four boxes are needed for the punnett square.
d)
mom's alleles are dominant.
40.

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