Unit 5:
Inheritance
Practice Test
1.
Chromosomes are made of long strands of what chemical?
a.
carbonic acid
b.
ribonucleic acid
c.
deoxyribonucleic acid
d.
hydrochloric acid
Hint
2.
What kind of cells are formed directly through the process of meiosis?
a.
muscle cells
b.
blood cells
c.
gametes
d.
bone cells
Hint
3.
What tool illustrates the genetic probabilities in the offspring of the union of two parents, each with a particular genetic makeup for a particular trait?
a.
Punnett square
b.
electromagnetic spectrum
c.
population pyramid
d.
climatogram
Hint
4.
What kind of chemicals control the development of male and female gametes?
a.
hormones
b.
oxides
c.
lipids
d.
enzymes
Hint
5.
What is a disorder caused by a mutation of the DNA sequence that codes for hemoglobin?
a.
hemophilia
b.
Huntington's disease
c.
sickle-cell anemia
d.
Down syndrome
Hint
6.
What is the study of inheritable traits and the factors that cause them?
a.
biology
b.
genetics
c.
chemistry
d.
ecology
Hint
7.
What is created when scientists insert a fragment of human DNA into a strand of bacterial DNA?
a.
an enzyme
b.
recombinant DNA
c.
RNA
d.
ribonucleic acid
Hint
8.
Who is considered to be the father of genetics?
a.
Gregor Mendel
b.
Thomas Malthus
c.
Charles Elton
d.
Dr. John Down
Hint
9.
In the process of protein synthesis, DNA is transcribed into the language of what molecule?
a.
deoxyribose sugar
b.
carbon dioxide
c.
ribose sugar
d.
RNA
Hint
10.
Eye color, hair color, and skin color are controlled by what kind of inheritance?
a.
linked
b.
sex-linked
c.
recessive
d.
polygenic
Hint
