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Understanding Heredity and Genetics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is heredity?

a)

The study of plants

b)

Passing genetic material from parent to offspring

c)

Building new structures

d)

None of the above.

2.

Genetics is the study of how certain ______ are passed from parent to offspring.

a)

foods

b)

traits

c)

habits

d)

languages

3.

What is a trait?

a)

A) A type of food

b)

B) A distinguishing quality or characteristic

c)

C) A type of plant

d)

D) A language.

4.

A trait is passed from the parent, only one copy of a trait is passed by each parent. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The combination of traits from each parent controls your ______.

a)

height

b)

traits

c)

language

d)

diet

6.

What is phenotype?

a)

The way a trait is shown/seen

b)

A type of gene

c)

A language

d)

A type of food

7.

Genotype is the way two traits, one from each parent, pair up to cause a trait. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is the basic unit of genetics?

a)

Cell

b)

Gene

c)

Protein

d)

Carbohydrate

9.

How many genes are there approximately?

a)

10,000

b)

20,000

c)

30,000

d)

40,000

10.

Each gene comes one from each parent for a trait. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False