WorksheetsGenetics Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The passing of characteristics through genes from older family members to younger family members is known as what?
Genetics
Heredity
Offspring
DNA
What chemicals store information about a person in the cells?
RNA
Chromosomes
Proteins
DNA
What were the factors that scientists noticed in the offspring of plants that led to the formal study of genetics?
Cells
Genes
Traits
Chemicals
During what century did scientists begin formally studying genetics?
1700s
1800s
1900s
2000s
What are the sections of DNA called that explain why a person displays specific traits?
Cells
Chromosomes
Genes
Proteins
What is the complete set of genes in an organism called?
Geneticist
Chromosome
Cell
Genome
What did geneticists study in the Human Genome Project?
Medical professionals
Genetic disorders
DNA
Genetic engineering
By the end of the Human Genome Project, what percentage of genes were identified in humans?
75%
85%
99%
100%
Why is the understanding of genes important for medical professionals?
To increase scientific knowledge
To treat patients appropriately based on their genome
To create genetic modifications
To study genetic history
Where are genes located?
DNA
Father
Cells
Chromosomes
What do genes do?
Create supplies
Carry information
Provide energy
Produce waste
How is an organism's genome created?
From the genes of their parents, half from the male and half from the female
From the genes of the mother only
From environmental factors
From the genes of the father only
What is the approximate number of genes in a person's body?
Over 2,000
Over 20,000
Over 200,000
Over 2,000,000
Heredity is the passing of ______.
Diseases
Knowledge
Traits
Gifts
What is one example of a trait?
Favorite book
Hair color
Favorite food
School subject
Genes are sections inside a person's ______.
DNA
Brain
Heart
Muscle
Genes contain chemicals that make an organism what or who they ______.
Eat
Learn
Are
Imagine
Because genes are formed from the DNA of an organism's parents, traits are often passed down to the offspring, making it resemble their ______.
Friends
Environment
Parents
Ideas
Which of the following is not a common example of a human trait mentioned in the text?
Eye color
Hair texture
Skin tone
Favorite color
