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