Chapter 5+6 Quiz

According to the law of superposition, which fossil is the oldest for Site 1?

• Trilobite
• Fish
• Mammal
• Bird

The combination of alleles for a particular gene is a ____________.

• phenotype
• dominant trait
• recessive trait
• genotype

What is the physical appearance of the genotype?

• dominant trait
• phenotype
• homozygous
• heterozygous

What is a dominant trait represented by?

• A uppercase letter
• A lowercase letter
• A number
• An arrow

What are the possible genotypes from the cross below?

• Gg & gg
• Gg, GG, gg
• yy, YY, GG, gg
• Yg & yg

What percent of the offspring, from the cross below, would be green?

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

What percent of the offspring, from the cross below, would be yellow?

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

The study of how living things pass on traits from one generation to another is called ___________.

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Biology
• Life Science

Where are genes found?

• On chromosomes
• On ribosomes
• In the golgi apparatus
• In our brains

What are the 4 molecules that make up DNA?

• guanin, cytosine, adenine and thymine
• orangenin, yellownin, purplenin, greenin
• Bigby, Starbucks, Panera, Tim Hortons
• cytoplasm, ribosomes, nucleus, membrane