Q.1
What type of "square" helps us solve genetic problems?
  • carpenter square
  • Mendel square
  • Punnett square
  • genetic square
Q.2
What is heredity?
  • A kind of genetic disorder
  • The way DNA divides
  • A trait you inherit from your parents
  • The passing down of traits from parents to children
Q.3
Who was the father of genetics?
  • Mendel
  • Einstein
  • Redi
  • Pasteur
Q.4
Which statement is true?
  • Your DNA is the same as your siblings.
  • Your set of DNA is identical to your mothers.
  • Your set of DNA is identical to your fathers.
  • Your DNA is unique to you.
Q.5
What is a phenotype
  • The genetic make up (code)
  • The physical trait
Q.6
What is AA
  • Homozygous Dominant
  • Heterozygous
  • Homozygous Recessive
  • Heterozygous dominant
Q.7
Aa is
  • homozygous (purebred)
  • heterozygous (hybrid)
Q.8
What does heterozygous mean?
  • An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)
  • An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)
  • When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
  • the different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red
Q.9
What is the study of heredity?
  • genetics
  • cell biology
  • chemistry
  • botany
Q.10
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
  • Bb
  • BB
  • bb
  • B
Q.11
What is the relationship between DNA and chromosomes?
  • Chromosomes are made of DNA
  • DNA is made of chromosomes
  • DNA and chromosomes are the same thing.
  • All of the above are correct
Q.12
How many chromosomes are in a sex cell?
  • 46
  • 23
  • 26
  • 43
Q.13
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
  • A
  • Aa
  • AA
  • aa
Q.14
Which of the following is a phenotype?
  • Aa
  • red hair
  • heterozygous genes
  • mutated DNA
Q.15
How many human genetic disorders are known?
  • 1
  • 100
  • Thousands
  • None
Q.16
Why are your chromosomes arranged in pairs?
  • Scientists have no idea
  • Because you get one from your mom and one from your dad
  • Because pairs can divide easier
  • Because DNA is awesome
Q.17
How many pairs of chromosomes exist in each of your cells?
  • 10
  • 12
  • 23
  • 46
Q.18
A GMO is
  • A mutant animal
  • An organism that is made up of lots of different organisms
  • a genetically mutated option of the human genome
  • an organism whose DNA has been purposely altered by human intervention
Q.19
In a punnet square where are the parent alleles written?
  • Top and inside the boxes
  • Only on the left and right side of the boxes.
  • outside of the boxes (top and left side)
  • All on the top side of the boxes
Q.20
Which characteristic could be inherited from a parent?
  • the type of shoes worn
  • having scars
  • the color of hair
  • riding a bicycle
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