Introduction To Genetics Trivia Quiz

19 Questions | By Wapow13 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Total Attempts: 150

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If you take up time to try and understand human genetics, there is a lot that you can get to understand about your body. Are you a new student and wish to understand more of the basics when it comes to genetics? Worry not like the quiz below is perfectly designed to help you do that in a short time. Give it a try and keep practicing!

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1.

What does the principle of dominance state?
2.

What happens to alleles during segregation?
3.

What are Punnett squares used for?
4.

The scientific study of heredity, that is now at the core of a revolution in understanding biology.________________
5.

During sexual reproduction, male and female reproductive cells join, a process known as ___________________
6.

When Mendel took charge of the monastery garden, he had several stocks of pea plants. These peas were_____________________, meaning that if they were allowed to self pollinate, they would produce offspring identical to themselves.
7.

A________ is a specific characteristic, such as seed color and plant height, that varies from one individual to another.
8.

The offspring of crosses between parents with different traits are called __________.
9.

Today, scientists call the chemical factors that determine traits
- A.
  
  Cross breeding
- B.
  
  Genes
- C.
  
  Genetics
- D.
  
  Biological inheritance
10.

The different forms of a gene are called
- A.
  
  Recessive
- B.
  
  Different genes
- C.
  
  Alleles
- D.
  
  Dominant
11.

Separation(ex. of alleles)
12.

The formation of sex cells
13.

The likelihood that a particular event will occur is called
- A.
  
  Probability
- B.
  
  Chance
- C.
  
  Outcome
- D.
  
  Segregation
14.

The principles of probability
- A.
  
  Post outcomes do not affect future ones
- B.
  
  The coin may land heads up or tails up
- C.
  
  States that everything happens by chance
- D.
  
  Can be used to predict the outcomes of genetic crosses
15.

The gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross can be determined by drawing a diagram known as a
16.

True or false:Homozygous organisms have two different alleles for the same trait.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

Organisms that have two different alleles for the same trait are
18.

Physical characteristics are
19.

The genetic makeup of an organism is its