Genetics Quiz
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What phase of mitosis is occuring in the picture?
A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Telophase
What does DNA stand for?
A. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
B. Dioxynucleic Acid
C. Deoxynucleic Acid
D. Ribonucleic Acid
What scientist is known for inventing Punnett Squares to predict probability of traits?
A. Francis Crick
B. Gregor Mendel
C. Rosalind Franklin
D. James Watson
Which mutation is most likely classified as neutral?
A. a mutation that contributes to the aging process
B. a mutation that causes cells to become cancerous
C. a mutation that is automatically repaired by an organism
D. a mutation that is caused by environmental exposure
What type of graph do we use for discontinuous variation?
A. A bell-shape
B. Bar chart
C. Line graph
D. Scatter Graph
What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?
A. Genesis
B. Elective traits
C. Alleles
D. Quadrants
How much of your DNA do you inherit from your mom?
A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. it varies
If something is heterozygous, it is also _____
A. purebred
B. hybrid
C. dominant
D. recessive
Where is the chromosome located?
A. Inside the cell membrane
B. Inside the nucleus
C. Outside the cell
D. Within the cytoplasm
The inherited combination of alleles is known as the offspring’s
A. heredity
B. phenotype
C. genotype
D. redigree
The frequency of heterozygosity for the sickle-cell anemia allele is unusually high, presumably because this reduces the frequency of malaria. Such a relationship is related to which of the following?
A. Mendel’s law of independent assortment
B. Mendel’s law of segregation
C. Darwin’s explanation of natural selection
D. Darwin’s observations of competition
The fact that all seven of the pea plant traits studied by Mendel obeyed the principle of independent assortment most probably indicates which of the following?
A. All of the genes controlling the traits behaved as if they were on different chromosomes.
B. All of the genes controlling the traits were located on the same chromosome.
C. The diploid number of chromosomes in the pea plants was 7.
D. None of the traits obeyed the law of segregation.
What is the dominant trait?
A. yellow pea seeds
B. green pea seeds
C. there is no dominant seed
D. Jolly green giant
What does it mean if a trait is dominant?
A. If the trait is present, then it is never expressed.
B. If the trait is absent, then it is never expressed.
C. If the trait is present, then it is always expressed.
D. If the trait is absent, then it is never expressed.
Which system contains the brain and nerves?
A. excretory
B. nervous
C. respiratory
D. musculoskeletal
Both genes show in the phenotype
A. incomplete dominance
B. complete dominance
C. codominance
D. unrelated dominance
When you cross two parents, each parent is responsible for passing _______ of their two alleles for each individual trait.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Mutations in DNA are very common since the human body copies millions of pieces of DNA. A student claims that most of these mutations in DNA are harmful.
Is the claim correct?
_
A. Yes. Most mutations stop the cells from functioning properly.
B. Yes. Most mutations are inherited and harm future generations.
C. No. Most mutations are corrected by enzymes in the body before the mutations take effect.
D. No. Most mutations are beneficial.
What is Heterozygous?
A. A cure for a disease
B. A genetic malfunction
C. 1+1=None of the above
D. having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic
Which body system circulates waste, nutrients, and gases all over the body?
A. circulatory
B. respiratory
C. nervous
D. musculoskeletal
The study of Heredity
A. science
B. genetics
C. english
D. gene
What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits
A. Nucleus
B. Chromosomes
C. Gene
D. Centromeres
(Grey fur (G) is dominant over white fur (g) and Black eyes (B) are dominant over red eyes(b))
A male rabbit GGbb crossed with a female rabbit with ggBb.
How many out of 16, have grey fur and red eyes?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 12
D. 16
This type of cell has genetic material in the nucleus.
A. prokaryotic
B. eukaryotic
C. positiviotic
D. enthusiastic
Which genotype represents a dominant phenotype for black hair?
A. bb
B. Bb
C. BB
D. Both B and C are correct
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