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Genetics Quiz Key

This document is a Genetics Quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions and a few tasks related to genetic concepts such as heredity, alleles, and Punnett squares. It includes questions on genetic terminology, traits, and Mendelian genetics, along with tasks to complete Punnett squares and create a pedigree. The quiz is designed to assess understanding of basic genetics principles.

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Genetics Quiz Key

This document is a Genetics Quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions and a few tasks related to genetic concepts such as heredity, alleles, and Punnett squares. It includes questions on genetic terminology, traits, and Mendelian genetics, along with tasks to complete Punnett squares and create a pedigree. The quiz is designed to assess understanding of basic genetics principles.

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Name Date Period

Genetics Quiz (15 points)

Circle the letter of the best possible answer to the question.


1. Hereditary information is contained in the
(a) cell membrane (b) cytoplasm (c) nucleus (d) vacuoles

2. A single unit of genetic information is called a


(a) chromosome (b) gene (c) nucleus (d) protein

3. An organism with two different alleles for a trait is said to be


(a) purebred (b) hybrid (c) dominant (d) recessive

4 A trait that is masked by a dominant trait is called


(a) purebred (b) dominant (c) recessive (d) hybrid

5. The passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring is


(a) biology (b) chemistry (c) zoology (d) heredity

6. What are alleles?


(a) different chromosomes (b) coiled bundles of DNA
(c) molecules of DNA (d) different forms of the same gene

.Which of the following gene pairs would show the recessive trait
(a)gg (b)Gg (c)GG (d)GD

8. In the P generation, Mendel crossed


(a) tall purebred pea plants with tall purebred pea plants
(b) 3 tall pea plants with one short pea plants
(c) tall purebred pea plants with short purebred pea plants
(d) tall hybrid pea plants with short hybrid pea plants

9. What does the notation Tt mean to geneticists?


(a) two dominant alleles (b) two recessive alleles
(c) at least one recessive alleles (d) one dominant allele and one recessive allele

10. What does a punnet square show?


(a) all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross
(b) only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross
(c) only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross
(d) all of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses

11. If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb),
what is the probability that an offspring will have black fur?
(a) 25 percent (b) 50 percent (c) 75 percent (d) 100 percent
Complete the following Punnett Squares and give the genotype and phenotype percents. (Make a
key).

12. Dimples are dominant to no dimples. Complete a punnett square for a man who is heterozygous
for dimples and a woman who has no dimples.

Dd
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13. Create a pedigree for the following scenario.

Margret, who doesn’t have the trait, and Steven, who has the trait, get married and have three
children: Laura, Michelle and Alexander. Laura has the trait and Michelle and Alexander are carriers.
Laura marries Matthew who does not have the trait.
14. Punnet Square: Fill in each of the blanks with the appropriate letter! letters.

B b

15. Referring to the pedigree chart below, answer the questions at the side.

How many generations are there?


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How many children did the parents have?

Which people have the trait?

Bonus: i. An organism’s genotype is its


(a) genetic makeup (b) feather color (c) physical appearance (d) stem height

2. A heterozygous organism has


(a) three different alleles for a trait (b) two identical alleles for a trait
(c) only one allele for a trait (d) two different alleles for a trait

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