Genetic Vocabulary Quiz

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Genetic Vocabulary Quiz

Last updated 3 months ago

17 questions

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What are genes?

Single atoms carrying information

A type of cell division

A region of DNA on a chromosome that specifies a trait

New organisms produced by a living thing

What are traits?

Alternative forms of a gene

Structure of DNA and protein

Characteristics that can be passed from one generation to another

Type of cell division resulting in four daughter cells

How What letter is used to represent a dominant allele?

Uppercase (R)

Lowercase (r)

What is the role of DNA in an organism?

Aids digestion

Supplies energy

Carries genetic information

Fights infection

Which term refers to the different forms a gene can take?

Recessive

Alleles

Dominant

Offspring

What is a recessive allele?

Only expressed (shown) when the dominant allele is not present

Dominant form of gene

Always expressed when present

the uncommon allele

What is a dominant allele?

Expressed when organism is homozygous for that allele

Produced by a living thing

the common allele

Always expressed when present

What is the term for new organisms produced by a living thing

Offspring

Genotype

Phenotype

Chromosome

Match the correct term with the correct definitions

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Homozygous		The genetic make-up (the assemblage of alleles) of an individual
Genotype		The physical expression of an organism's genes
Heterozygous		Possessing a pair of identical alleles for a particular gene
Phenotype		Possessing a pair of unlike alleles for a particular gene

Select the terms that also mean Heterozygous

Hybrid

Carrier

Bb

Mudblood

Select the terms that also mean Homozygous

Recessive trait is shown

BB or bb

Carrier

Pureblood

What genotype represents a homozygous dominant for round seeds? (R=Round, r=wrinkled)

Rr

rr

RR

rR

What is the probability of producing a wrinkled seed from a cross of RR and Rr?
R=Round seed and r = wrinkled seed

0%

25%

100%

50%

How many alleles make up a genotype?

1

2

3

4

What percent chance will the offspring have a Qq when one parent is QQ and the other parent is qq. (Q = Green eyes, q= Blue eyes)

In humans, the presence of dimples, D, is dominant over the absence of dimples, d. Bob has no dimples, his wife Bobina has dimples, but Bobina's mom Bobolina has no dimples. Construct a Punnett square showing the possible genotypes of Bob and Bobina's children.
What is the probability of Bob and Bobina's children having dimples?

If (H) is dominant for curly hair, and (h) is straight hair.
What are the possible genotypes for the offspring of a father who has straight hair, who’s mother had curly hair and the mother with curly hair whose father has straight hair.

What are genes?

Single atoms carrying information

A type of cell division

A region of DNA on a chromosome that specifies a trait

New organisms produced by a living thing

What are traits?

Alternative forms of a gene

Structure of DNA and protein

Characteristics that can be passed from one generation to another

Type of cell division resulting in four daughter cells

How What letter is used to represent a dominant allele? 

Uppercase (R)

Lowercase (r)

What is the role of DNA in an organism?

Aids digestion

Supplies energy

Carries genetic information

Fights infection

Which term refers to the different forms a gene can take?

Recessive

Alleles

Dominant

Offspring

What is a recessive allele?

Only expressed (shown) when the dominant allele is not present

Dominant form of gene

Always expressed when present

the uncommon allele

What is a dominant allele?

Expressed when organism is homozygous for that allele

Produced by a living thing

the common allele

Always expressed when present

What is the term for new organisms produced by a living thing

Offspring

Genotype

Phenotype

Chromosome

Match the correct term with the correct definitions 

Homozygous

The genetic make-up (the assemblage of alleles) of an individual

Genotype

The physical expression of an organism's genes

Heterozygous

Possessing a pair of identical alleles for a particular gene

Phenotype

Possessing a pair of unlike alleles for a particular gene

Select the terms that also mean Heterozygous

Hybrid

Carrier

Bb

Mudblood

Select the terms that also mean Homozygous

Recessive trait is shown

BB or bb

Carrier

Pureblood

What genotype represents a homozygous dominant for round seeds? (R=Round, r=wrinkled)

Rr

rr

RR

rR

What is the probability of producing a wrinkled seed from a cross of RR and Rr?
R=Round seed and r = wrinkled seed

0%

25%

100%

50%

How many alleles make up a genotype? 

1

2

3

4

What percent chance will the offspring have a Qq when one parent is QQ and the other parent is qq. (Q = Green eyes, q= Blue eyes)

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

In humans, the presence of dimples, D, is dominant over the absence of dimples, d.  Bob has no dimples, his wife Bobina has dimples, but Bobina's mom Bobolina has no dimples.  Construct a Punnett square showing the possible genotypes of Bob and Bobina's children.
What is the probability of Bob and Bobina's children having dimples?

0%

25%

50%

67%

75%

100%

If (H) is dominant for curly hair, and (h) is straight hair.
What are the possible genotypes for the offspring of a father who has straight hair, who’s mother had curly hair and the mother with curly hair whose father has straight hair.

HH, hh

HH, Hh, hh

Hh, hh

HH, Hh

HH, hh

Genetic Vocabulary Quiz

Genetic Vocabulary Quiz

What are genes?

What are traits?

How What letter is used to represent a dominant allele?

What is the role of DNA in an organism?

Which term refers to the different forms a gene can take?

What is a recessive allele?

What is a dominant allele?

What is the term for new organisms produced by a living thing

Match the correct term with the correct definitions

Select the terms that also mean Heterozygous

Select the terms that also mean Homozygous

What genotype represents a homozygous dominant for round seeds? (R=Round, r=wrinkled)

What is the probability of producing a wrinkled seed from a cross of RR and Rr?R=Round seed and r = wrinkled seed

How many alleles make up a genotype?

What percent chance will the offspring have a Qq when one parent is QQ and the other parent is qq. (Q = Green eyes, q= Blue eyes)

If (H) is dominant for curly hair, and (h) is straight hair.What are the possible genotypes for the offspring of a father who has straight hair, who’s mother had curly hair and the mother with curly hair whose father has straight hair.

What is the probability of producing a wrinkled seed from a cross of RR and Rr?
R=Round seed and r = wrinkled seed

If (H) is dominant for curly hair, and (h) is straight hair.
What are the possible genotypes for the offspring of a father who has straight hair, who’s mother had curly hair and the mother with curly hair whose father has straight hair.