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