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Genetics Test Study Guide

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Traits that we inherit from our parents are learned but other traits can be ________.

a)

acquired

b)

given

c)

learned

d)

backwards

2.

Choose the types of reproduction that produce offspring?

a)

A. asexual

b)

B. copying

c)

C. recessive

d)

D. sexual

3.

What is a type of reproduction that only needs one parent?

a)

A. sexual

b)

B. dominant

c)

C. genes

d)

D. asexual

4.

What is the name of the structures that DNA is organized into?

a)

A. organisms

b)

B. groups

c)

C. traits

d)

D. chromosome

5.

What is the passing of traits from one generation to the next?

a)

A. genetics

b)

B. heredity

c)

C. sexual reproduction

d)

D. trait transfer

6.

Genes come in pairs. What are they called?

a)

A. genotypes

b)

B. traits

c)

C. DNA

d)

D. alleles

7.

What kind of allele is masked by the stronger allele.

a)

A. recessive

b)

B. dominant

c)

C. bully

d)

D. tiny

8.

Which allele is the stronger one?

a)

A. the bigger one

b)

B. dominant

c)

C. inherited

d)

D. recessive

9.

What is the name of the Austrian monk that did experiments on pea plants?

a)

A. Megor Grendal

b)

B. Rick McCallum

c)

C. Gregor Mendel

d)

D. Stanley Mendal

10.

What kind of reproduction that needs two parents?

a)

A. asexual

b)

B. reproductive

c)

sexual

d)

recessive

11.

Which of the below does DNA contain?

a)

A. a nucleus

b)

B. a double helix

c)

C. genetic information

d)

D. all of the above

12.

When an organism has two of the same allele, it is ________

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

heterozygous

d)

homozygous

13.

Mendel discovered that there were _______ traits passed a parent's offspring.

a)

allele

b)

dominant & recessive

c)

big & small

d)

asexual & sexual

14.

The instructions of DNA are coded in a certain way. What are these called?

a)

groups

b)

base pairs

c)

acids

d)

nucleic

15.

Genes that can not be observed are called

a)

alleles

b)

phenotype

c)

traits

d)

genotype

16.

Traits that are visible in an organism is called its _________

a)

phenotype

b)

recessive

c)

traits

d)

genotype

17.

What are proteins in DNA responsible for?

a)

our physical appearance and our behavior

b)

dominate & recessive

c)

what we like and don’t like

d)

sexual & asexual reproduction

18.

Can a heterozygous recessive genotype ever exist?

a)

no, because heterozygous can only be Bb

b)

no, because heterozygous must be BB

c)

yes, because heterozygous is the same

d)

yes, because heterozygous can be bb

19.

What is located on the chromosomes of DNA.

a)

trait

b)

protein

c)

genetic information

d)

gene

20.

When someone studies how genes interact and traits are passed down from parent to offspring that are studying what?

a)

inheritance

b)

genetics

c)

chemistry

d)

biology

21.

What does DNA stand for? YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SPELL IT!

a)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
b)

Dioxicriboneuclic Acid

c)

DNA

d)

Dioxirebonucleik Acid

22.

When an organism has two different alleles it will be

a)

heterozygous

b)

phenotype

c)

homozygous

d)

genotype

23.

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans typically have?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

12

d)

92

24.

In sexual reproduction there will be more________

a)

A. miniature offspring

b)

B. genetic variation

c)

C. alleles

d)

D. multiple offspring

25.

In genetics, what does the term "homozygous" refer to?

a)

Having two different alleles for a trait

b)

Having two identical alleles for a trait

c)

The study of genes and their roles in inheritance

d)

A type of genetic cross

26.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
27.

Heterozygous refers to 2 alleles that are _________________ .

a)

neutral

b)

same

c)

different

d)

stable

28.
Differences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Derived traits
c)
Genetic Variation
d)
Adaptation
29.

Match the following combinations of alleles:

a)

Homozygous dominant

1.

DD

b)

Homozygous recessive

2.

dd

c)

Heterozygous

3.

Dd

30.

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

31.

​ (a)   alleles are always expressed when they are present.

​ (b)   alleles are only expressed when the dominant one is not present.

Choose from the below words
Dominant
Recessive
32.

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is known as....

a)

hierarchy

b)

heredity

c)

traits

d)

genetics

33.

What did Gregor Mendel use to study the inheritance of traits?

a)

Fruit flies

b)

Pea plants

c)

Mice

d)

Bacteria

34.

Fill in the Punnett square

35.

Click on each of the offspring that would be red if this trait displayed simple dominance.