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WorksheetsLesson 8 - Mendelian Genetics and Inheritance Quiz 2
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 35mins
The physical appearance of a trait is known as the-
genotype
phenotype
Homozygous
intelligence
Gretford is heterozygous for his head shape. If (R) is for a Round head, and (r) is for an Egg head, what is Gretford's genotype?
RR
Rr
rr
rR
What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?
25%
50%
0%
100%
In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t).
Draw a punnett square and perform the following cross: Tt x Tt
What is the probability of producing a short plant?
0%
25%
50%
75%
What genotype would go in box 2? And is it Homozygous or Heterozygous?
BB Heterozygous
Bb Heterozygous
bb Homozygous
Bb Homozygous
Kyree is heterozygous. If (W) is for waves, and (w) if for no waves.
What is Kyree’s genotype & phenotype?
WW : waves
ww : waves
Ww : no waves
Ww : Waves
Brown eye color is dominant to blue eyes. Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?
0 %
25%
50%
75%
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
Which of the following terms represents the physical appearance or expression of a trait?
B = brown eyes
b = blue eyes
What is true about these two brothers that both have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB; the other Bb.
In humans, having freckles (F) is dominant to not having freckles (f). What is the probability that a married couple with no freckles will give birth to a child who has freckles?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In humans, having freckles (F) is dominant to not having freckles (f).
Two people with freckles get married and give birth to three children. Two of the kids have freckles and one does not.
Both parents must have which genotype?
FF
Ff
ff
Suppose that, in Zork Aliens, green skin (G) is dominant to yellow skin (g). Cross a heterozygous green-skinned zork with a yellow skinned zork. What percent of the offspring would be green-skinned?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In Zork Aliens, having two horns (H) is dominant to having one horn (h). Cross a homozygous two-horned zork with a heterozygous two-horned zork. What percentage of the offspring will have one horn?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Suppose that, in Zork Aliens, green hair (G) is dominant to blue hair (g). Cross two heterozygous green-haired zorks. What is the probability that their offspring could have blue hair?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In Zork Aliens, purple lips (L) are dominant over red lips (l). Cross a heterozygous purple-lipped Zork with a red lipped Zork. What is the probability of having Zorks with red lips?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In Zork Aliens, being tall (T) is dominant to being short (t). Tork, who is homozygous for tall, meets Vorkina, who is short. What percentage of their offspring could be short?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In Zork Aliens, green hair (H) is dominant to yellow hair (h). Torky has green hair and Morkalina has yellow hair. They have four children and all of them have green hair. What genotype does Torky most likely have?
HH
Hh
hh
not enough information
In Zork Aliens, having one eye (E) is dominant to having three eyes (e). Spork and Vorki both have three eyes. What would their offspring look like?
They would all have one eye.
They would all have three eyes.
Half would have one eye, have would have three eyes.
Not enough information provided.
In Zork Aliens, having two wings (T) is dominant to having no wings (t). Perform a cross between an heterozygous two-winged alien with a homozygous two-winged alien. What percentage of the offspring will have two wings?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In Zork Aliens, having one fang (F) is dominant to having two fangs (f). If a Zork with two fangs has a child with a homozygous Zork with one fang, what is the probability that their child will have one fang?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
Heredity
Allele
Trait
Phenotype
An organism that has both aleles in the same form: dominant or recessive
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Heredity
Allele
An organism that has one dominant allele and one recessive allele.
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Gene
Trait
A tool to predict the probability of certain traits that could be found in the offspring.
Punnett Square
Recessive Trait
Allele
Heterozygous Allele
Select all of the following genotypes that are considered Heterozygous.
AA
Bb
zz
Dd
Hh
Select all of the following genotypes that are considered Homozygous.
AA
bb
Hh
Dd
zz
Curly hair (H) is dominant to straight hair (h). A person who is homozygous for curly hair has the genotype...
HH
Hh
hh
Black hair (B) is dominant to brown hair (b). A person who is homozygous for brown hair has the genotype...
BB
Bb
bb
Select all of the phenotypes below.
Brown eyes
BB
Bb
Blue eyes
Green eyes
Select all of the genotypes below.
Bb
Blue eyes
Brown eyes
bb
BB
Brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue eyes (b). If a person's genotype is bb, what color are their eyes?
Brown
Blue
