DNA and genetics unit quiz

Instructions: DO NOT WRITE ON THIS QUIZ!!! Select the best possible answer for the question and then bubble in on your answer sheet.

1.  This is the sugar that DNA is made of

a.  Ribose

b.  Deoxyribose

c.  Glucose

d.  Fructose

2.  The outside of the DNA molecule is made of

a.  Sugar and nucleic acids

b.  Adenine and thymine

c.  Deoxyribose and glucose

d.  Sugar and phosphate

3.  Where in a cell is DNA found?

a.  Mitochondria

b.  Nucleus

c.  Chloroplast

d.  Lysosome

4.  Identify which of the following is the correct base pairing rules:

a.  Adenine and guanine; thymine and cytosine

b.  Adenine and cytosine; thymine and guanine

c.  Guanine and cytosine; adenine and thymine

d.  Cytosol and guanine; adenine and canine

5.  What genotype should be in the fourth box?

a.  RR

b.  rr

c.  Rr

6.  Brown eyes dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a genotype of heterozygous, how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

7.  Brown eyes are dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a phenotype of heterozygous how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

8.  Which of the following describes asexual reproduction?

a.  Requires more than one organism

b.  Half of the genetic material comes from each of the parents gametes.

c.  Only occurs in multicellular organisms

d.  Lesser developed organisms develop this way.

9.  What are advantages of sexual reproduction?

a.  Time efficient; organisms are able to reproduce rapidly

b.  A variation of genetic traits.

c.  Requires less energy

d.  No need to search for a mate

DNA and genetics unit quiz

Instructions: DO NOT WRITE ON THIS QUIZ!!! Select the best possible answer for the question and then bubble in on your answer sheet.

1.  This is the sugar that DNA is made of

a.  Ribose

b.  Deoxyribose

c.  Glucose

d.  Fructose

2.  The outside of the DNA molecule is made of

a.  Sugar and nucleic acids

b.  Adenine and thymine

c.  Deoxyribose and glucose

d.  Sugar and phosphate

3.  Where in a cell is DNA found?

a.  Mitochondria

b.  Nucleus

c.  Chloroplast

d.  Lysosome

4.  Identify which of the following is the correct base pairing rules:

a.  Adenine and guanine; thymine and cytosine

b.  Adenine and cytosine; thymine and guanine

c.  Guanine and cytosine; adenine and thymine

d.  Cytosol and guanine; adenine and canine

5.  What genotype should be in the fourth box?

a.  RR

b.  rr

c.  Rr

6.  Brown eyes dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a genotype of heterozygous, how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

7.  Brown eyes are dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a phenotype of heterozygous how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

8.  Which of the following describes asexual reproduction?

a.  Requires more than one organism

b.  Half of the genetic material comes from each of the parents gametes.

c.  Only occurs in multicellular organisms

d.  Lesser developed organisms develop this way.

9.  What are advantages of sexual reproduction?

a.  Time efficient; organisms are able to reproduce rapidly

b.  A variation of genetic traits.

c.  Requires less energy

d.  No need to search for a mate

DNA and genetics unit quiz

Instructions: DO NOT WRITE ON THIS QUIZ!!! Select the best possible answer for the question and then bubble in on your answer sheet.

1.  Brown eyes dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a genotype of heterozygous, how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

2.  Brown eyes are dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a phenotype of heterozygous how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

3.  Which of the following describes asexual reproduction?

a.  Requires more than one organism

b.  Half of the genetic material comes from each of the parents gametes.

c.  Only occurs in multicellular organisms

d.  Lesser developed organisms develop this way.

4.  What are advantages of sexual reproduction?

a.  Time efficient; organisms are able to reproduce rapidly

b.  A variation of genetic traits.

c.  Requires less energy

d.  No need to search for a mate

5.  This is the sugar that DNA is made of

a.  Ribose

b.  Deoxyribose

c.  Glucose

d.  Fructose

6.  The outside of the DNA molecule is made of

a.  Sugar and nucleic acids

b.  Adenine and thymine

c.  Deoxyribose and glucose

d.  Sugar and phosphate

7.  Where in a cell is DNA found?

a.  Mitochondria

b.  Nucleus

c.  Chloroplast

d.  Lysosome

8.  Identify which of the following is the correct base pairing rules:

a.  Adenine and guanine; thymine and cytosine

b.  Adenine and cytosine; thymine and guanine

c.  Guanine and cytosine; adenine and thymine

d.  Cytosol and guanine; adenine and canine

9.  What genotype should be in the fourth box?

a.  RR

b.  rr

c.  Rr

DNA and genetics unit quiz

Instructions: DO NOT WRITE ON THIS QUIZ!!! Select the best possible answer for the question and then bubble in on your answer sheet.

1.  Brown eyes dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a genotype of heterozygous, how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

2.  Brown eyes are dominant (B) and blue eyes are recessive (b). If someone has a phenotype of heterozygous how would that be written?

a.  Bb

b.  bb

c.  BB

d.  Brown

e.  Blue

3.  Which of the following describes asexual reproduction?

a.  Requires more than one organism

b.  Half of the genetic material comes from each of the parents gametes.

c.  Only occurs in multicellular organisms

d.  Lesser developed organisms develop this way.

4.  What are advantages of sexual reproduction?

a.  Time efficient; organisms are able to reproduce rapidly

b.  A variation of genetic traits.

c.  Requires less energy

d.  No need to search for a mate

5.  This is the sugar that DNA is made of

a.  Ribose

b.  Deoxyribose

c.  Glucose

d.  Fructose

6.  The outside of the DNA molecule is made of

a.  Sugar and nucleic acids

b.  Adenine and thymine

c.  Deoxyribose and glucose

d.  Sugar and phosphate

7.  Where in a cell is DNA found?

a.  Mitochondria

b.  Nucleus

c.  Chloroplast

d.  Lysosome

8.  Identify which of the following is the correct base pairing rules:

a.  Adenine and guanine; thymine and cytosine

b.  Adenine and cytosine; thymine and guanine

c.  Guanine and cytosine; adenine and thymine

d.  Cytosol and guanine; adenine and canine

9.  What genotype should be in the fourth box?

a.  RR

b.  rr

c.  Rr