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Are Your Genes Recessive Or Dominant? Quiz

Do you want to play a quiz that can tell you something interesting about your personality? Are your genes recessive or dominant? Take this quiz if you want to know it. What do you think made you who you are in terms of your...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 23524 | Last updated: Feb 1, 2024

Sample Question
What color are your eyes?

Brown

Green

Blue

Unit 7 Target 5: Complex Inheritance

Unit 7 Target 5: complex inheritance

Explore the complexities of genetic inheritance with Unit 7 Target 5: complex inheritance. This quiz covers various genetic traits and inheritance patterns, such as incomplete dominance, codominance, and the impact of multiple...

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 559 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
Horses born to 2 palomino (golden-coated) horses have a 25% chance of having a white coat, a 25% chance of having a chestnut (brown) coat, and a 50% chance of having a palomino coat. Which description of inheritance best explains the coat-color trait in these horses?

Palamino coat color is a recessive trait.

Palamino coat color is a dominant trait.

Coat color is an incompletely dominant trait.

Coat color is a sex-linked trait

Unit 7 Target 4: Mendel's Laws And Punnett Squares Quiz

Unit 7 Target 4: Mendel's Laws and Punnett Squares QUIZ

This quiz, titled 'Unit 7 Target 4: Mendel's Laws and Punnett Squares', assesses understanding of fundamental genetic principles. It covers Mendel's laws, Punnett squares, and heredity, emphasizing the application of these...

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 543 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
Two black guinea pigs bred and produced 3 black offspring and 2 albino offspring. Assuming no mutations, which guinea pigs must be heterozygous?

All 3 black offspring

Exactly 2 of the black offspring

Both albino offspring

Both parents

Unit 7 Target 3: Alleles Quiz

Unit 7 Target 3: Alleles QUIZ

This quiz titled 'Unit 7 Target 3: Alleles' assesses knowledge on genetics, focusing on concepts like alleles, dominance, genotypes, and phenotypes. It tests understanding of how these genetic factors contribute to physical...

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 511 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
In humans, pigmented skin is dominant to non-pigmented skin (albinism). What is the genotype of an individual with albinism?

Carrier

Heterozygous

Homozygous dominant

Homozygous recessive

Unit 6 Target 1: Meiosis

This quiz focuses on Meiosis, a critical biological process for genetic diversity. It assesses understanding of phases like metaphase I, the implications of nondisjunction, and the genetic basis of conditions like Down syndrome....

Questions: 19 | Attempts: 982 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
During metaphase I of meiosis, which of the following occurs?

Centromeres of replicated chromosomes line up along the cells equator.

Sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite poles of the cell.

Paired homologous chromosomes line up along the cells equator.

Homologous chromosomes separate and move toward opposite poles.

Unit 3 Target 5: Mutations

This quiz titled 'Unit 3 Target 5: Mutations' explores various aspects of DNA mutations, including their causes, types, and impacts on genetic information. It assesses understanding of gene mutations, frameshift mutations, and...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 851 | Last updated: Feb 19, 2025

Sample Question
An error in DNA replication can cause

Mutations.

Genetic variation.

Cancer

All of the above.

Unit 3 Target 4: Translation

This quiz, titled 'Unit 3 Target 4: Translation', assesses understanding of mRNA sequences and their role in protein synthesis. It explores mutations, translation processes, and amino acid coding, crucial for students learning...

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 1139 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
Which of the following mRNA sequences codes for valine (Val), glutamic acid (Glu), and serine (Ser), respectively?

GUA-GCC-AGU

GUA-GGG-AGC

GUG-GAC-GGU

GUG-GAG-AGC

Unit 3 Target 2 (Part 1): DNA Vs Rna

Unit 3 Target 2 (Part 1): DNA vs RNA

This quiz, titled 'Unit 3 Target 2 (Part 1): DNA vs RNA', assesses understanding of DNA and RNA, focusing on their structures, functions, and differences. It tests key concepts like the composition of DNA and how RNA differs from...

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 1056 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
The primary function of DNA is to

Make proteins.

Store and transmit genetic information.

Control chemical processes withing cells.

Prevent mutations.

Genetics And DNA Quiz Grade 10 Science

How well do you understand genetics and DNA? Try this genetics and DNA grade 10 science quiz to check your knowledge. We have questions about genes, genetics, DNA, etc., to help you improve your knowledge. Go for it, and see how...

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 12889 | Last updated: Nov 1, 2024

Sample Question
All of the following are true about the structure of DNA, except

Short strands of DNA are contained in chromosomes inside the nucleus of a cell.

Every DNA nucleotide contains a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.

DNA consists of one strand of nucleotides joined by hydrogen bonds.

The long strands of nucleotides are twisted into a double helix.

AP Biology ChAPter 12 Quiz

AP Biology Chapter 12 Quiz

Individual effort, one log-in/submission attempt, 60 minute timed assessment of concepts from Chapter 12.

Questions: 36 | Attempts: 434 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

Sample Question
If 30% of an organism's DNA is thymine, then:

70% is purine.

20% is guanine.

30% is adenine.

70% is pyrimidine.

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