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Heredity and evolution

Quiz by Krithika Subramanian

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  • Q1
    1. The offspring of a cross between parents that have contrasting traits:
    purebred
    dominant
    hybrid
    recessive
    30s
  • Q2
    2. When the two alleles of a particular gene are different:
    phenotype
    homozygous
    heterozygous
    genotype
    30s
  • Q3
    3. The set of alleles that an individual has:
    genotype
    homozygous
    heterozygous
    phenotype
    30s
  • Q4
    4. Heterozygous is when...
    the alleles are absent
    the alleles are present
    the alleles are different
    the alleles are the same
    30s
  • Q5
    5. B = brown fur b = white fur In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur?
    Question Image
    25%
    0%
    75%
    50%
    30s
  • Q6
    6. Which of the following is a phenotype?
    black hair
    mutated DNA
    Aa
    heterozygous gene
    30s
  • Q7
    7. This image shows a...
    Question Image
    Genotype
    Punnett Square
    Dominant allele
    Phenotype
    30s
  • Q8
    8. What genotype is missing from this Punnett Square?
    Question Image
    RRYY
    RrYy
    rryy
    RrYY
    30s
  • Q9
    9. Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?
    A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
    A snake unhinges its jaw to eat a rabbit it just caught.
    A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.
    A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to pretend to be dead.
    30s
  • Q10
    10.How do adaptations help animals?
    to hide from predators
    to survive in their habitats
    All of these are correct
    to hunt for food
    30s
  • Q11
    11. Predict which moth would increase in population
    Question Image
    light
    dark
    30s
  • Q12
    12. An organism is a hybrid genotype (Tt) but is appears tall instead of short.
    Law of Independent Assortment
    Law of Segregation
    Law of Dominance
    30s
  • Q13
    13. Person A is smart and has brown hair while Person B is also smart but has blonde hair.
    Law of Segregation
    Law of Dominance
    Law of Independent Assortment
    30s
  • Q14
    14. Which of the following laws claims that alleles will separate during meiosis, one going to half the sex cells, the other allele going to the other half.
    Law of Speciation
    Law of Segregation
    Law of Genetics
    Law of Domination
    30s
  • Q15
    15.What word would be INCORRECT to describe "QQ"
    homozygous
    dominant
    genotype
    recessive
    30s

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