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