Quiz about Genetics Review - Biology

Question 1

Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study

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Inheritance of traits

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flowering

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cross-pollination

Question 2

If a Heterozygous Rr pea plant is crossed with a Homozygous rr pea plant, what would be the percentage that the offspring will be recessive rr?

Accepted Answer

50%

Answer

75%

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25%

Question 3

If a Mother with Type A (Ao) blood and a father with type O (oo) blood have children, what would be the percentage that their offspring would be Type B blood?

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0%

Answer

50%

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35%

Question 4

Organisms that have 2 of the same alleles for a particular trait are said to be

Accepted Answer

homozygous

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heterozygous

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hybrid

Question 5

When 2 dominant alleles (HB) are both expressed are said to be

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codominant

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diploid

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incomplete dominant

Question 6

A pea plant that has 2 different alleles for the same trait is said to be

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Heterozygous

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Homozygous

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Phenotype

Question 7

How many recessive alleles for a trait must an organism inherit in order to show that trait?

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2

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3

Answer

1

Question 8

How many children will have the disease?  (look at the picture to help you)

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2

Answer

1

Answer

0

Question 9

How many girls will be carriers?

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1

Answer

0

Answer

2

Question 10

What percent of children will be normal?

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50%

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25%

Answer

0%

Question 11

A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring is called a ____

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Trait

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Allele

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Gene

Question 12

Small Pieces of DNA are called ______.

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Genes

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Traits

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Alleles

Question 13

Different forms of a gene are known as

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Alleles

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Dominant

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recessive

Question 14

The gene combination Hh is_____

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Heterozygous

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Homozygous

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Recessive

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of a heterozygous genotype?

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Aa

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AA

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aa

Question 16

A woman has blood type O (oo) and she marries a person with blood type AB. What possible blood types can the children have?

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Type A; Type B

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Type A; Type B; Type AB

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Type O, Type AB

Question 17

A woman has blood type O (oo) and she marries a person with blood type AB. The baby has blood type AB.  Is it possible this is the father of the baby?

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no

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yes

Question 18

What does RR represent?

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red

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pink

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white

Question 19

What does rr represent?

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white

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red

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pink

Question 20

What is the genotype of the pink flowers?

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Rr

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RR

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rr

Question 21

What do the alleles show in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Incomplete dominance

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Codominance

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Dominance

Question 22

If 1 red and 1 white flower is crossed, what percent of their offspring are expected to be pink-flowers?

Accepted Answer

100%

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50%

Answer

75%

Question 23

If a pink flower is crossed with a pink flower, what percent of their offspring are expected to be pink-flowered?

Accepted Answer

50%

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25%

Answer

75%

Question 24

When constructing a pedigree, what does a circle represent?

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female

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male

Question 25

How many people have the trait?

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2

Answer

1

Answer

3

Question 26

How many are affected in the 2nd generation?

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3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Question 27

How many generations are in the pedigree?

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3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Question 28

How many males have the trait?

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2

Answer

1

Answer

3

Question 29

Genetic Drift is a change in allele frequency due to

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chance

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natural selection

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artificial selection

Question 30

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

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capital letter

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Male gene

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lowercase letter

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recessive trait

Question 31

Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

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genotypes

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phenotypes

Question 32

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

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dominant

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recessive

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lower case letter

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both

Question 33

What you see, or the physical appearance.

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Phenotype

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Genotype

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Homozygous

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Heterozygous

Question 34

Which of the following is a phenotype?

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red hair

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Aa

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heterozygous

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DNA

Question 35

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

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AA

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A

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Aa

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aa

Question 36

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

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Bb

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BB

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bb

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B

Question 37

How many boxes would say BB?

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0

Answer

1

Answer

2

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4

Question 38

Squidward has light blue skin, and his genotype for this trait is Bb. Would Squidward be considered a purebred or hybrid for light blue skin?

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Hybrid

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Purebred

Question 39

Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

0 %

Answer

50%

Answer

75%

Question 40

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

Accepted Answer

gg

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GG

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Gg

Answer

all of the choices result in yellow

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