Q3 Test Multiple Choice
  • 1. Meiosis is a type of cell division that will produce
A) 2 new somatic cells
B) Exact copies of the parent cell
C) Packets of pollen to be transferred between the abdomen of insects
D) The male and female sex cells
  • 2. What did Gregor Mendel use in his genetic studies?
A) Garden Peas
B) Sweet Corn
C) Ravens
D) Marigolds
  • 3. DNA sequences that control traits are called
A) Dominant
B) Characteristics
C) Recessive
D) Genes
E) Purebred
  • 4. Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
A) Homozygous Recessive
B) Genes
C) Heterozygous
D) Homozygous Dominant
E) Genotype
  • 5. If alleles are written TT, it means the organism would be
A) Genotype
B) Homozygous Dominant
C) Heterozygous
D) Genes
E) Homozygous Recessive
  • 6. If alleles are written tt, it means the organism would be
A) Genotype
B) Genes
C) Homozygous Recessive
D) Heterozygous
E) Homozygous Dominant
  • 7. What does a Punnett Square show?
A) Only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross.
B) All of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses.
C) A model of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
D) Only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross.
E) Predict the rate of recessive lethal traits in offspring.
  • 8. If a homozygous white guinea pig (bb) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that the offspring will have black hair?
A) 50%
B) 0%
C) 100%
D) 25%
E) 75%
  • 9. An organisms physical appearance is its
A) Genotype
B) Heterozygous
C) Phenotype
D) Homozygous
E) Inheritance
  • 10. An organisms actual genes is its
A) Homozygous
B) Heterozygous
C) Genotype
D) Phenotype
E) Inheritance
  • 11. During the process of ______, 2 daughter cells will be created with identical DNA.
A) DNA Replication
B) Mitosis
C) Meiosis
D) Protein Synthesis
  • 12. During the process of ______, 4 daughter cells will be created with different DNA pattern.
A) Meiosis
B) Mitosis
C) DNA Replication
D) Protein Synthesis
  • 13. How many chromosomes are found in human body cells?
A) 72
B) 35
C) 23
D) 26
E) 46
  • 14. How many chromosomes are found in human sex cells?
A) 23
B) 26
C) 72
D) 35
E) 46
  • 15. Which combination will result in an offspring being female?
A) XXX
B) XY
C) XY or XX
D) XYY
E) XX
  • 16. Instars show growth and development in which stage of the life cycle?
A) Adult
B) Pupa
C) Adolescence
D) Larva
E) Egg
  • 17. An example of metamorphosis would be …
A) Growing facial hair
B) Maturing of underdeveloped structures
C) Snake shedding skin
D) Larva to butterfly
E) Puberty
  • 18. “Float like a Lepidoptera, sting like a Hymenoptera.” What organisms are included in the order Lepidoptera?
A) Butterflies and Bees
B) Butterflies and Moths
C) Bees and Wasps
D) Moths and Wasps
E) Dragonflies and Dung Beetles
  • 19. The Chrysalis is present during which stage of the life cycle?
A) Adolescence
B) Larva
C) Adult
D) Egg
E) Pupa
  • 20. What structure do butterflies use to pass genetic information from male to female?
A) Leg
B) Abdomen
C) Proboscis
D) Antennae
E) Spermatophore
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