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Part 2 - Guiding Questions

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Meiosis results in:

a)

2 haploid daughter cells

b)

4 haploid daughter cells

c)

2 diploid daughter cells

d)

4 diploid daughter cells

2.

Which of the following cells undergo meiosis?

a)

germ cells

b)

liver cells

c)

unicellular organisms

d)

all of these

3.

Crossing-over occurs during:

a)

anaphase 1

b)

metaphase 1

c)

prophase 1

d)

prophase 2

4.

Meiosis is a type of cell division that produces:

a)

Zygotes

b)

Chromosomes

c)

DNA

d)

gametes

5.

The picture shows what phase of meiosis

a)

prophase 1

b)

prophase 2

c)

anaphase 1

d)

anaphase 2

6.

A diploid cell with 24 chromosomes undergoes meiosis, how many chromosomes are in each daughter cell?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

24

d)

48

7.

The picture represents what stage of meiosis

a)

prophase 1

b)

anaphase 1

c)

metaphase 1

d)

metaphase 2

8.

A kidney cell is an example of which type of cell?

a)

sex cell

b)

germ cell

c)

somatic cell

d)

haploid cell

9.

How many chromosomes are in a human gamete?

a)

a. 46

b)

b. 23

c)

c. 22

d)

d. 44

10.

Which phrase best describes the term genome?

a)

a. the genetic makeup of a chromosome

b)

b. the genes that make up an organism

c)

c. the location of a specific set of genes

d)

d. the sum of an organism’s physical traits

11.

Hair color and eye color are examples of a person’s

a)

a. recessive traits

b)

b. dominant alleles

c)

c. genotype

d)

d. phenotype.

12.

If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

a)

a. Tt

b)

b. TT

c)

c. tt

d)

d. tT

13.

An allele is dominant in a heterozygote when it is

a)

a. expressed and the other allele is not

b)

b. a very common allele in a population

c)

c. the stronger of the two alleles

d)

d. more desirable than the other allele.

14.

What do the letters inside the grid of a Punnett square represent?

a)

a. phenotypes of parents

b)

b. genotypes of offspring

c)

c. testcrosses of offspring

d)

d. chromosomes of parents

15.

In a genotype for plant height, such as Tt, what does each letter represent?

a)

a. one genome

b)

b. one gene

c)

c. one allele

d)

d. one gamete

16.

When is a recessive allele expressed in offspring?

a)

a. when two copies are present

b)

b. when parents have no dominant alleles

c)

c. when the offspring is heterozygous

d)

d. when one copy is present

17.

Which of the following cell types could have 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome?

a)

sperm

b)

ovum

c)

somatic

d)

germ

18.

The four types of nucleotides that make up DNA are named for their

a)

hydrogen bonds.

b)

nitrogen-containing bases.

c)

phosphate groups.

d)

ring-shaped sugars.

19.

After examining the DNA of different organisms, which of the following did Erwin Chargaff conclude about the four bases?

a)

A = T and C = G.

b)

A = C = G = T.

c)

A = C and G = T.

d)

A + T = C + G.

20.

Which of the following DNA sequences is complementary to the base sequence ACCGTAT?

a)

GTTACGC.

b)

UCCGTAT.

c)

TGGCATA.

d)

CAGTCAT.

21.

Combining the work of other scientists with their own research, Watson and Crick discovered that two strands of DNA join together to form a(n)

a)

nucleotide.

b)

X in a circle.

c)

double helix.

d)

covalent bond.

22.

What holds base pairs together?

a)

hydrogen bonds.

b)

sugar-phosphate backbones.

c)

pairs of double-ringed nucleotides.

d)

nitrogen-carbon bonds.

23.

Codominance means that the traits are

a)

blended

b)

recessive

c)

dominant

d)

expressed equally

24.

In incomplete dominance

a)

phenotype of both allele is expressed

b)

phenotype of only one allele is expressed

c)

phenotype of neither of the alleles are expressed

d)

phenotype of both allele is partially expressed

25.

Purple color is dominant to white color in peas flowers. Which genotype shows a purple flower that carries the white trait?

a)

a. PP

b)

b. Pp

c)

c. pp

d)

d. pP

26.

If an organism's diploid number is 12, its haploid number is

a)

a. 12

b)

b. 6

c)

c. 24

d)

d. 3

27.

Gametes have

a)

Homologous chromosomes

b)

Twice the number of chromosomes found in body cells

c)

Two sets of chromosomes

d)

One allele for each gene

28.

Gametes are produced by the process of

a)

a. Mitosis

b)

b. Meiosis

c)

c. Crossing-over

d)

d. Replication

29.

Sexual reproduction ________.

a)

requires haploid gametes

b)

results in a diploid zygote

c)

creates offspring that are genetically different from the parents

d)

all answers are correct

30.

Once duplicated, a chromosome is composed of two identical parts called ________.

a)

centromeres

b)

sister chromatids

c)

homologous chromosomes

d)

chiasmata

31.

Replication of the DNA occurs ________.

a)

prior of meiosis I

b)

prior to meiosis II

32.

Homologous chromosomes separate during ________.

a)

meiosis I

b)

meiosis II

c)

mitosis I

d)

mitosis II

33.

The diploid number of chromosomes is restored after ______ so that an animal's body cells contain the diploid number of chromosomes.

a)

a. meiosis I

b)

b. meiosis II

c)

c. fertilization

34.

The combining of chromosomes from genetically different gametes occurs during ______.

a)

a. crossing over

b)

b. synapsis

c)

c. meiosis II

d)

d. fertilization

35.

When new DNA molecules are formed, almost all errors are detected and fixed by ______.

a)

a. the correct nucleotide.

b)

b. the sugar-phosphate backbone.

c)

c. DNA polymerase.

d)

d. one DNA strand

36.

A cross between a purebred animal with red hair and a purebred animal with white hairs produces an animal that has both red hairs and white hairs. What type of inheritance pattern is involved?

a)

a. Codominance

b)

b. Incomplete dominance

c)

c. Multiple alleles

d)

d. Polygenetic

37.

A cross between a black rooster with a white hen produces offspring that all have "gray" feathers, a color that is intermediate between black and white. What type of inheritance pattern is involved?

a)

a. Codominance

b)

b. Incomplete dominance

c)

c. Multiple alleles

d)

d. Polygenetic

38.

In humans, wavy hair (CS) results by the co-dominant situation of curly hair (C) and straight hair (S). What are the possible genotype results if a curly-haired man and wavy-haired woman have children.

a)

a. CC, CS, or SS.

b)

b. All wavy hair

c)

c. All straight hair

d)

d. All curly hair

39.

In crocus flowers can display three color patterns, white (W) and purple (P) colors, and a purple and white striped flower when both genes are present. What type of inheritance pattern is involved?

a)

a. Codominance

b)

b. Incomplete dominance

c)

c. Multiple alleles

d)

d. Polygenetic

40.

Height in humans is controlled by more than one gene. What type of inheritance pattern is involved?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Multiple alleles

d)

Polygenetic