Q3 Test Multiple Choice
  • 1. Meiosis is a type of cell division that will produce
A) The male and female sex cells
B) 2 new somatic cells
C) Packets of pollen to be transferred between the abdomen of insects
D) Exact copies of the parent cell
  • 2. What did Gregor Mendel use in his genetic studies?
A) Garden Peas
B) Sweet Corn
C) Ravens
D) Marigolds
  • 3. DNA sequences that control traits are called
A) Genes
B) Recessive
C) Characteristics
D) Dominant
E) Purebred
  • 4. Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
A) Genes
B) Homozygous Recessive
C) Heterozygous
D) Genotype
E) Homozygous Dominant
  • 5. If alleles are written TT, it means the organism would be
A) Homozygous Dominant
B) Genotype
C) Homozygous Recessive
D) Heterozygous
E) Genes
  • 6. If alleles are written tt, it means the organism would be
A) Heterozygous
B) Homozygous Dominant
C) Homozygous Recessive
D) Genotype
E) Genes
  • 7. What does a Punnett Square show?
A) Predict the rate of recessive lethal traits in offspring.
B) Only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross.
C) A model of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
D) All of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses.
E) Only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross.
  • 8. If a homozygous white guinea pig (bb) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that the offspring will have black hair?
A) 0%
B) 100%
C) 50%
D) 25%
E) 75%
  • 9. An organisms physical appearance is its
A) Homozygous
B) Inheritance
C) Genotype
D) Phenotype
E) Heterozygous
  • 10. An organisms actual genes is its
A) Inheritance
B) Homozygous
C) Heterozygous
D) Genotype
E) Phenotype
  • 11. During the process of ______, 2 daughter cells will be created with identical DNA.
A) Mitosis
B) Protein Synthesis
C) Meiosis
D) DNA Replication
  • 12. During the process of ______, 4 daughter cells will be created with different DNA pattern.
A) DNA Replication
B) Mitosis
C) Protein Synthesis
D) Meiosis
  • 13. How many chromosomes are found in human body cells?
A) 23
B) 26
C) 72
D) 35
E) 46
  • 14. How many chromosomes are found in human sex cells?
A) 72
B) 23
C) 46
D) 26
E) 35
  • 15. Which combination will result in an offspring being female?
A) XXX
B) XX
C) XY
D) XY or XX
E) XYY
  • 16. Instars show growth and development in which stage of the life cycle?
A) Adolescence
B) Larva
C) Egg
D) Pupa
E) Adult
  • 17. An example of metamorphosis would be …
A) Maturing of underdeveloped structures
B) Snake shedding skin
C) Larva to butterfly
D) Growing facial hair
E) Puberty
  • 18. “Float like a Lepidoptera, sting like a Hymenoptera.” What organisms are included in the order Lepidoptera?
A) Butterflies and Bees
B) Moths and Wasps
C) Dragonflies and Dung Beetles
D) Bees and Wasps
E) Butterflies and Moths
  • 19. The Chrysalis is present during which stage of the life cycle?
A) Adult
B) Egg
C) Larva
D) Pupa
E) Adolescence
  • 20. What structure do butterflies use to pass genetic information from male to female?
A) Abdomen
B) Spermatophore
C) Antennae
D) Leg
E) Proboscis
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