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3-12 Genetics Chapter Review

Quizย by Lori Stroud

Grade 8
Science (2016)
Indiana Academic Standards

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  • Q1

    Where are the alleles for each parent written when using a Punnett square?

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    in the top two squares of the grid

    only at the bottom of the grid

    in the bottom two squares of the grid

    across the top and along the side of the grid

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  • Q2

    If a black circle represents a mother with the homozygous recessive genotype, what is the father's genotype?

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    The offspring are all different from the parents.

    The parents are both heterozygous for the expressed genes.

    The parents both have the same genetic structure.

    The father is heterozygous for the trait.

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  • Q3

    What substances combine to form a nucleotide?

    uracil and a sugar

    a nitrogen base, a phosphate group, and a sugar

    a nitrogen base and two phosphates

    guanine and a nitrogen base

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  • Q4

    What is the process Mendel used to pollinate flowers of white plants with pollen from purple plants?

    genetics

    polygenic inheritance

    cross-pollination

    mitosis

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  • Q5

    Which of these is a trait that is determined by a combination of multiple genes?

    incomplete dominance

    recessive alleles

    DNA

    polygenic inheritance

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  • Q6

    What does the TT represent in this Punnett square?

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    a single allele

    a heterozygous trait

    a genotype consisting of two dominant alleles

    a genotype consisting of two recessive alleles

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  • Q7

    The structure of DNA is described as a ___ formed by two strands of nucleotides.

    single spiral

    protein molecule

    double helix

    polymerase chain

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  • Q8

    What is the role of junk DNA on human chromosomes?

    to regulate body temperature

    It may not have an important function.

    to pass traits to offspring

    to determine dietary habits

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  • Q9

    Which of these describes how an organism looks?

    its genotype

    its probability

    its hybrid

    its phenotype

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  • Q10

    Which of these is not one of the nitrogenous bases in ๐˜ฟ๐™‰๐˜ผ nucleotides?

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    adenine

    uracil

    guanine

    thymine

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  • Q11

    Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins are credited with what research?

    X-rays of the DNA molecule

    nucleotides

    genetic inheritance

    RNA

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  • Q12

    Which is a tool that is used to predict genetic crosses?

    a slide rule

    a Venn diagram

    a tally sheet

    a Punnett square

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  • Q13

    In this cross of two plants what will be the genotype of the offspring?

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    Three fourths of the offspring will have the same genotype as the parents.

    None of the offspring will have the same genotype as the parents.

    One half of the offspring will have the same genotype as the parents.

    The offspring will all have the same genotype as the parents.

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  • Q14

    ________ studies how traits are inherited though the interactions of alleles.

    Regeneration

    Genetics

    Mitosis

    Probability

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  • Q15

    Which is an example of the ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต affecting the phenotype of an organism?

    Pink flowers grown from parents with white flowers and pink flowers.

    Tall pea plants come from tall plant parents.

    An animal has an albino offspring.

    In acid soil hydrangea plants produce blue flowers.

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