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Heredity review practice

Quiz by Leslie Mosley

Grade 9-12
Science
Ohio Learning Standards

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B.H.1

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  • Q1

    What is a genome?

    DNA used for genetic engineering

    all of the genetic material of an organism, including coding and non-coding sections, and the DNA found in the mitochondria and/or chloroplasts

    all of the DNA in the nucleus of an organism

    all of the genes or coding sections of DNA in a living thing

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  • Q2

    Genetic material in living things is found in what molecule?

    Carbohydrates

    Protein

    DNA

    RNA

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  • Q3

    What is a section of DNA that codes for a protein called?

    cell

    gene

    genome

    gamete

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  • Q4

    The DNA in a muscle cell of a human and a brain cell of a human is the same.  

    true
    false
    True or False
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  • Q5

    If a red flower is crossed with a white flower and the offspring are pink, what type of inheritance is this an example of?

    incomplete dominance

    codominance

    the Law of Dominance

    sex-linked trait

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  • Q6

    A red flower is crossed with a white flower and the offspring are red and white.  What type of inheritance pattern is this?

    the Law of Dominance

    codominance

    incomplete dominance

    sex-linked traits

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  • Q7

    the form of a gene that is always expressed when present

    heterozygous

    homozygous

    recessive

    dominant

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  • Q8

    What is the genotype of a pea plant that is heterogenous for height?

    TT

    tt

    Tall

    Tt

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  • Q9

    What is the phenotype of a plant that is heterogenous for height?  Tall is dominant and short is recessive

    TT

    short

    Tt

    tall

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  • Q10

    In pea plants, purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. A white flowered plant is crossed with a plant that is homozygous Purple. What percentage of the offspring will have purple flowers?

    50

    25

    100

    75

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  • Q11

    What is the genotype of a male who is colorblind which is a sex-linked recessive trait?

    XbY

    XbXb

    XBY

    XbYb

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  • Q12

    What is a genome?

    all of the genetic material of an organism, including coding and non-coding sections, and the DNA found in the mitochondria and/or chloroplasts

    all of the DNA in the nucleus of an organism

    all of the genes or coding sections of DNA in a living thing

    DNA used for genetic engineering

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  • Q13

    What must be true in order for a female to inherit a recessive x-linked trait such as colorblindness?

    her mother has the trait

    her grandfather has the trait

    her grandmother has the trait

    her father has the trait

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  • Q14

    If one parent has the genotype for blood type IAi and the other parent has the blood type IBi, what are the possible phenotypes of the offspring? (hint: you have to do a Punnett Square to figure out the answer!)

    blood type A, B, AB and O

    blood type A, B and AB

    blood type A, B, and O

    blood type A and B

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  • Q15

    Red-green colorblindness is a recessive sex linked trait. If a woman who is a carrier for color-blindness marries a man who is not colorblind, what is the chance that they will have a child who is colorblind? (again, do the Punnett square to figure out the answer!)

    25%

    100%

    0%

    50%

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  • Q16

    Which type of cells must a mutation occur in, in order for the mutation to be passed on to that organism’s offspring?

    body cells

    somatic cells

    gametes

    stem cells

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  • Q17

    If a person has 3 copies of the Chromosome number 21, what type of mutation is this?

    point mutation

    substitution

    deletion

    non-disjunction

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  • Q18

    what disorder does a person with 3 copies of chromosome number 21 have?

    Edward's Syndrome

    Klinefelter's Syndrome 

    Covid 19

    Down Syndrome

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  • Q19

    What type of mutation occurs when one nitrogenous base is replaced with a different nitrogenous base?

    insertion

    frameshift

    substitution (point mutation)

    deletion

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