- 1. Traits are characteristics that can only be passed from a (n) ____________ thing to its _____________
A) single celled, nucleus B) living, ancestors C) living, offspring D) asexual, organs
- 2. The process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring is called
A) meiosis B) recessive genes C) heredity D) dominance
- 3. For each trait, there are __________ allele possibilities
A) 2 B) 1 C) unlimited D) 4 gamete
- 4. Genetic make up of an organism
A) phenotype B) alleles C) genotypic D) genotype
- 5. The physical trait that is expressed in an individual
A) phenotype B) heterozygous C) homozygous D) genotype
A) Punnett Square B) genetics C) traits D) alleles
- 7. When alleles of an organism are either both dominant or recessive, this is called
A) dominant B) homozygous C) recessive D) heterozygous
- 8. When one allele masks the presence of another allele, the 1st allele is said to be
A) heterozygous B) dominant C) homozygous D) recessive
- 9. When the alleles for a trait that are present in an organism are not the same
A) homozygous B) heredity C) heterozygous D) genetic
- 10. In cattle, black coat color is dominant over white. If a heterozygous black-coated cow is mated with a white-coated bull, how many different phenotypes with respect to coat color could be expected in the offspring?
A) 3 B) 1 C) 4 D) 2
- 11. What is the the genetic makeup of a tall plant that is homozygous dominant.
T = tall t = short
A) tt B) Tt C) TT
- 12. A mother has the ability to roll her tongue and a genetic makeup of Tt and a father does not have the ability to roll his tongue and is pure recessive, so his genetic makeup is tt. Predict the percent probability of having a child with a who can roll his/her tongue.
A) 50% B) 75% C) 25% D) 100%
- 13. The different forms of a gene for any given trait
A) heterozygous B) homozygous C) genetic make up D) alleles
- 14. It is proper to put the ____ allele on the top of the Punnett Square
A) paternal B) maternal
- 15. For an offspring to _____ a recessive trait, both parents must have at least one ______ allele in their genotype
A) dominate, dominant B) control, recessive C) express, recessive
- 16. In this image, what are the genotypes of the male and of the female parents
A) Bb, Bb B) Bb, bb C) bb, bb D) bb, Bb
- 17. If A stands for astigmatism and a stands for normal vision, what are the phenotype ratios shown in this Punnett Square
A) 1:2:1 , AA: Aa: aa B) 3 astigmatism : 1 normal vision C) homozygous D) heterozygous
- 18. In this image, the genotype of the black parent is ______ and the genotype of the blue parent is
A) homozygous recessive, heterozygous B) homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive C) heterozygous, homozygous recessive D) heterozygous, heterozygous
- 19. In this image, the genotypes of the 4 offspring are
A) FF, Ff, ff B) all are Ff C) all are ff D) FF and ff
- 20. The name of the person who pioneered genetics in the 19th century
A) Charles Darwin B) Isaac Newton C) Reginald Punnett D) Gregor Mendel
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