Heredity Quiz
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What is NOT an inherited trait of humans?
A. Favorite type of music
B. Freckles
C. Hair color
D. Height
The allelle / (trait) that is “weaker”. The offspring will not have the trait represented unless there are two of these.
A. recessive allele
B. dominant allele
C. co-dominant allele
Which sentence is FALSE?
A. All organisms have 23 pairs of DNA.
B. Chromosomes are made of genes.
C. DNA is made out of 4 chemicals: adenine, cytosine, thymine, guanine
D. DNA is the recipe for life.
The inherited combination of alleles is known as the offspring’s
A. heredity
B. phenotype
C. genotype
D. redigree
What is cross pollination?
A. When pollen from a flower fertilizes itself or another flower on the same plant
B. When pollen from one flower fertilizes a flower on a different plant
C. A plant whose offspring share the same traits as the parent
D. A plant whose offspring is genetically different from the parent.
Which of the following is heterozygous or one dominant and one recessive allele?
A. FF
B. tt
C. Gg
D. RR
An organism’s appearance is known as its
A. heredity
B. phenotype
C. genotype
D. pedigree
A unit of genetic material or factor that determines a trait
A. Carrier
B. DNA
C. chromosome
D. Gene
The scientific study of heredity.
A. Genetics
B. Heredity
C. Probability
D. Pedigree
Where are chromosomes found?
A. vacuole
B. cell membrane
C. nucleus
D. mitochondria
Segments of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic.
A. heredity
B. gene
C. allele
D. genotype
E. phenotype
A trait that is always hidden when the dominant allele is present.
A. Phenotype
B. Recessive allele
C. Genotype
D. Heredity
What organism did Mendel study?
A. pea plants
B. onions
C. mice
D. cats
If you cross two heterozygous pea plants that are tall, what is the probability they will have offspring that are tall?
A. one in four
B. two in four
C. four in four
D. three in four
Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of
A. Ribosomes
B. DNA
C. Chloroplast
D. Mitochondria
