Genetics Quizzes & Trivia
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A genetic algorithm is a way of solving some optimization problems doesn’t matter if they are constrained or unconstrained. It is derived from Charles Darwin biological evolution theory. It is important for one to get a...
Questions: 34 | Attempts: 13100 | Last updated: Apr 30, 2021
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Sample QuestionIn the choice phase of problem solving, normative models involve selecting an optimal or best outcome
Welcome to a simple biology quiz on genetics. The study of genetics has led to many breakthroughs in the health sector. It helps one to know their likely hood of developing some diseases. Take up the quiz below and see just...
Questions: 14 | Attempts: 18507 | Last updated: Nov 6, 2020
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Sample QuestionWhat is the study of heredity?
You might wonder why it’s so important to analyze the small, seemingly insignificant details of a person’s genetic make-up. But what you might not realize is that some things about ourselves can’t be seen by the...
Questions: 100 | Attempts: 2898 | Last updated: May 17, 2019
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Sample QuestionIn a pea plant that is heterozygous for seed color, what proportion of gametes will carry the recessive allele?
What do you understand about genetics? Human genes hold a lot of things that scientists are still trying to figure out. If you are a medical student, you have probably read up on human genetics. The quiz below is designed to test...
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 15445 | Last updated: Jun 16, 2021
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Sample QuestionWhat type of cell does mitosis create?
Gene therapy refers to a technique in which a person's DNA is treated and examined to prevent genetic disease. The DNA is suitably chosen to correct the effects of a disease-causing mutation. This technique was developed in...
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Sample QuestionWhat Is Gene Therapy?
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You may have heard a medical professional describe the illness as “genetic” or “hereditary” at some point in your life, but do you know what the distinction is there? Don’t they mean the same thing?...
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Sample QuestionWhich of these is an inherited trait?
This is a quiz on genetics! A good understanding of how evolution theory is based on understanding how genes keep changing. Did you know that intelligence cannot be tested by DNA kits? The trivia questions below ae perfect...
Questions: 9 | Attempts: 6757 | Last updated: Dec 1, 2020
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Sample QuestionWhat is a genetic mutation?
What do you understand about genetics? Why understanding genetics is important to you and your family? Think you can pass a quiz on genetics? This quiz will be used as a pre-test and a post-test to measure students'...
Questions: 14 | Attempts: 4812 | Last updated: Jun 16, 2021
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Sample QuestionFind the answer that best fits: Asexual organisms:
Are you familiar with the Amoeba Sisters and sex-linked traits? This quiz will explain a sex-linked characteristic. If you have color sightlessness, it means that you can see colors differently than most people. Most of the...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 3193 | Last updated: Mar 8, 2021
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Sample QuestionIs the individual male or female?
There are so many ways in which we can put our knowledge of genetics to good use. The most effective way, for example, is that we can look at our heredity to see if our parents or someone else in generations further up suffering...
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Sample QuestionSelect the CORRECT statement about DNA and RNA:
Are you looking for a genetics trivia quiz made up of practice test questions designed to help you with the exam? If you said yes, worry not like the quiz below is exactly what you need to refresh your understanding on all things...
Questions: 14 | Attempts: 1808 | Last updated: Jul 9, 2020
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Sample QuestionWhat is heredity?
Genetics is the study of heredity from parents to their offspring. Over the past few weeks, we have been able to cover the basics of this course, and I have prepared so questions that will help you see just attentive you have...
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Sample QuestionWhen the alleles are the same they are called...
Have you been keeping your nose in a book and revising the knowledge you’ve been picking up on genetics at school? You might think you know your stuff, but we’ll see if you can put your money where your mouth is in...
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Sample QuestionWhat is a dominant allele?
The study of genetics allows us to analyze the patterns by which traits are passed down from parents to their offspring through their genes. These patterns can be used to see simple things like the color of a person’s skin...
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Sample QuestionWhat are alternate forms of a gene?
In simple terms, our DNA is what makes us who we are. In forensics, DNA is how suspects and victims can be identified, as there are certain trace elements in our DNA put there through years of genetic patterns forming in our...
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Sample QuestionWho is the father of modern genetics
What Do You Know About The Molecular Basis Of Inheritance? In this trivia quiz, you will get to review the scientific reason behind the fact that an offspring has characteristics from the parents and what role genes play in the...
Questions: 27 | Attempts: 1542 | Last updated: Oct 7, 2019
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Sample QuestionWhat is the genetic material which passes traits from one generation to the next?
In the following practice exam on applied genetics, we aim to put you to the test against a series of questions related to the biological study which allows us to analyze our genetic patterns and see if we are more or less likely...
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Sample QuestionA change in a gene is called
Are you ready to take these genetics quiz trivia knowledge test questions? The study of genetics has helped greatly in the medical field to either explain the chances of traits or illnesses being passed from parents to their...
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Sample QuestionWhat is the study of the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring?
The Hardy Weinberg Principle Quiz: When it comes to mating, there exist two types of alleles, which are A and B. In the absence of evolutionary forces where the genotype frequencies stay constant, the population is said to have...
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Sample QuestionWith a population of mice, long hair (h) is recessive and short hair (H) is dominant. The population of the mice is 100, and there are 9 mice with long hair. How many of the mice have short hair?
What do you know about population genetics? Genetics is a wonderful study that lets us know more about our genetic makeup than the naked eye could ever allow us to. It makes us understand how likely we are to suffer from a...
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Sample QuestionHardy-Weinberg equilibrium assumes that in the population.
It’s time for your finals! That’s right, and it’s time to see if all that studying has been worth it or if you should’ve spent more time with your nose in a book! Never fear, because today we’ll be...
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Sample QuestionHumans have ___pairs of chromosomes
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Sample QuestionKlenow fragment lacks
Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes and heredity in organisms. By studying genetics we get to have a clear idea of some diseases and consequently prevent diagnose and cure them. With the...
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Sample QuestionDominant will always mask the recessive allele.
There is a lot of new terminology associated with the study of Genetics. You will need to understand these terms in order to fully understand the concepts covered during this unit.
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Sample QuestionThe term allele means:
How much do you know about multifactorial inheritance? Multifactorial inheritance relates to a complex genetic inheritance due to a combination of multiple genetic factors and environmental causes. It is a disorder caused by...
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Sample QuestionIn a study of study-behavior, Dr. Singh estimates a heritability of 90% using only monozygotic twin data. Dr. VVolmar however, estimates a heritability of only 50% using data from adopted siblings. Dr. WoIman also claims that Dr. Singh overestimated the heritability because he did not account for:
Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. In humans, genes vary in size from a few hundred DNA bases to more than two million bases.
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What do you understand about genetics? Why understanding genetics is important to you and your family? Think you can pass a quiz on genetics? This quiz will be used as a pre-test and a post-test to measure students'...
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Genes are how living organisms inherit features or traits from their ancestors, and genetics helps to understand explain what they are and how they work. Did you know that each cell has a total of twenty-three chromosomes, except...
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Genetics is the study of how different traits such as hair color and texture, eye color, and disease risk are passed down or inherited from parent to offspring. Genetics helps to clarify what makes you unique as an individual....
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Are you ready for this general quiz on genetics and classification? For this quiz, you should understand the difference between genus, class, and species, what the term family but different species means, what phylum does a...
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The simplest form of inheritance was uncovered from the work of an Austrian monk called Gregor Mendel in 1865. Inheritance of parent’s traits to offspring can be adequately understood by studying genetics as a whole and DNA...
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The genotype is a description of the unique genetic makeup of an individual. It can be used to describe an entire genome or just an individual gene and its alleles. This can be seen in how people have different eye colors or...
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What do you know about population genetics? Genetics is a wonderful study that lets us know more about our genetic makeup than the naked eye could ever allow us to. It makes us understand how likely we are to suffer from a...
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Do you have enough knowledge to pass these genetics hardest test quiz questions? Two people share almost all their genetic material with a 0.1 difference when analyzed in most cases, and as a genetics student, it is important to...
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Genetics is the study of individual genes or groups of genes that are responsible for health and disease in humans. Check out our online genetics quiz to test your knowledge, prepare for an upcoming exam,...
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How much do you know about multifactorial inheritance? Multifactorial inheritance relates to a complex genetic inheritance due to a combination of multiple genetic factors and environmental causes. It is a disorder caused by...
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Are you familiar with the Amoeba Sisters and sex-linked traits? This quiz will explain a sex-linked characteristic. If you have color sightlessness, it means that you can see colors differently than most people. Most of the...
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Are you an 8th grader and have just gotten introduced to all things genetics? One thing you should know is how traits are passed from parents to offspring. If so then the genetics unit pre-assessment quiz below is exactly what...
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There are two types of Allele that a person can have and they are either dominant or recessive. over the past week in genetics class. The quiz below is made up on a series of questions that are designed to test your understanding...
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Understanding the human genetics can help us figure out most of the things that affect our bodies and even predict their occurrence. Are you a genetics student and think that you have what it takes to tackle this genetics and...
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This is a quiz on genetics! A good understanding of how evolution theory is based on understanding how genes keep changing. Did you know that intelligence cannot be tested by DNA kits? The trivia questions below ae perfect...
Question: | Attempts: 6757 | Last updated: Dec 1, 2020
The study of genetics allows us to analyze the patterns by which traits are passed down from parents to their offspring through their genes. These patterns can be used to see simple things like the color of a person’s skin...
Question: | Attempts: 1628 | Last updated: Nov 17, 2020