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Lesson 2: Understanding Inheritance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What controls traits?

a)

Genes

b)

Environment

c)

Diet

d)

Exercise

2.

Inside each cell is a nucleus that contains threadlike structures called _______.

a)

chromosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

lysosomes

3.

Mendel's factors are parts of chromosomes, and each cell in offspring contains chromosomes from both _______.

a)

parents

b)

friends

c)

siblings

d)

neighbors

4.

A(n) _______ is a section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

a)

gene

b)

chromosome

c)

allele

d)

nucleotide

5.

The different forms of a gene are called _______.

a)

alleles

b)

chromosomes

c)

proteins

d)

nucleotides

6.

Geneticists refer to how a trait appears, or is expressed, as the trait’s _______.

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

allele

d)

chromosome

7.

The two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait are called the trait’s _______.

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

chromosome

d)

allele

8.

In genetics, uppercase letters represent dominant alleles, and lowercase letters represent recessive alleles. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When two alleles of a gene are the same, its genotype is _______.

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

dominant

d)

recessive

10.

If two alleles of a gene are different, its genotype is _______.

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

c)

dominant

d)

recessive