This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant > Principles Of Genetics – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Genetics Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring is ..... A) Genetics. B) Heredity. C) Genes. D) Traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heredity. 2. An organism where both alleles for a particular trait are the same A) Purebred. B) Hybrid. C) Recessive. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purebred. 3. ..... is the study of the inheritance of traits and their variations. A) Heredity. B) Evolution. C) Disruptive Selection. D) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetics. 4. Both versions of the trait are expressed in the phenotype of the offspring. Which pattern of inheritance best classifies the observed trait? A) Dominance. B) Sex-linkage. C) Co-dominance. D) Incomplete dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Co-dominance. 5. What are male gametes called and how many are produced? A) Sperm, 4. B) Sperm, 2. C) Eggs, 1. D) Polar body, 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sperm, 4. 6. In each case where Mendel crossed true-breeding plants as parents, the offspring displayed only one of the traits seen in the parents. This observation supports which principle of genetics? A) Segregation. B) Independent assortment. C) Dominance and recessiveness. D) Allele frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominance and recessiveness. 7. Name the pattern:a gene has more than two possible alleles A) Incomplete dominance. B) Multiple alleles. C) Polygenic inheritance. D) Codominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiple alleles. 8. What does the notation TT represent? A) Two dominant alleles. B) Two recessive alleles. C) A hybrid. D) Heterozygous recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two dominant alleles. 9. When two identical alleles for a trait are in an organism, the organism is said to be .....? A) Heterozygous. B) Homozygous. C) Allele. D) Resseive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homozygous. 10. The different forms of a gene are called A) Traits. B) Pollinations. C) Alleles. D) Hybrids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alleles. 11. Gregor Mendel was born in what country A) Austraila. B) Austria. C) Africa. D) Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Austria. 12. When animal cells divide, they follow a specific sequence of events. Which event happens during mitosis of an animal cell? A) The cell divides its nucleus into two new nuclei. B) The cell grows larger in size to prepare for duplication. C) The cell produces structures, such as centrioles, to help with the division. D) The cell replicates its DNA, which results in the formation of chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cell divides its nucleus into two new nuclei. 13. When traits are controlled by two or more genes (such as skin color) A) Incomplete Dominance. B) Codominance. C) Multiple Alleles. D) Polygenic Traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polygenic Traits. 14. Homozygous means what A) Same. B) Different. C) Two different genes. D) Aa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same. 15. Another word for homozygous is ..... A) Purebred. B) Hybrid. C) Heterozygous. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purebred. 16. My favorite biology teacher is ..... A) Mrs. Galegor. B) Mrs. Galegor. C) Mrs. Galegor. D) Mrs. Galegor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Galegor. 17. How many different allele combinations would be found in the gametes produced by a pea plant whose genotype was RrYY? A) 2. B) 8. C) 4. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 18. Which genotype would result in an individual with medium-colored skin? (Hint:Look at the number of dominant vs recessive alleles, not the letter). A) AabbCC. B) AABBcc. C) AaBbcc. D) Aabbcc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AabbCC. 19. A short-haired cat has a litter of kittens. Some of the kittens have long hair and some have short. Which of the following statements best explains why some kittens look different from their mother? A) The kittens with long hair received mutated genetic material. B) Some kittens may look different from their mother because they received some traits from their father. C) The kittens with long hair interacted differently with their environment than the kittens with short hair. D) Some kittens may look different from their mother because not all physical traits are inherited through genetic material. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some kittens may look different from their mother because they received some traits from their father. 20. The way a trait looks is called ..... A) Heterotype. B) Phenotype. C) Zelotype. D) Genotype. 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