Genetics Quiz

This man was nicknamed the 'Father of Genetics' due to his contributions to the study of inheritance.

• Watson and Crick

• Rosalind Franklin

• Gregor Mendel

• Thomas Edison

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called

• Chromosomes

• Heredity

• Genes

• Alleles

Mendel established the properties of inheritance using tomato plants.

• True

• False

Dominant traits are traits that

• Are observed when receiving two recessive genes

• Are observed when having one recessive gene

• Are observed when receiving at minimum one dominant gene

• Are part of a chromosome that contains genetic information

What is the term for the complete set of DNA in an organism?

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Gene

• Genome

What is a section of DNA on a chromosome that controls a single genetic trait?

• Allele

• Genome

• Gene

• Nucleus

What describes the specific combination of alleles an organism has for a particular trait?

• Phenotype

• Gene

• Genotype

• Chromosome

What is an allele?

• A type of plant cell

• An alternative form of a gene

• A segment of DNA in a chromosome

• A different form of DNA

The term that describes an organism that has two of the exact same alleles is called

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Homozygous recessive

• Homozygous dominant

The physical appearance of an organism is called its

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Gene

• Dominant allele