The Cell and Inheritance

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Ch 4 Sec 3 quiz
Lisa Polillo
Quiz by Lisa Polillo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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What is the process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells?
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  • heredity
  • meiosis
  • mitosis
  • probability

Question 2

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For codominant traits, heterozygous organisms have a phenotype that shows
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  • both alleles.
  • only the recessive alleles.
  • neither the dominant nor the recessive allele.
  • only the dominant allele.

Question 3

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During meiosis, sex cells form when chromosome pairs are
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  • doubled.
  • copied.
  • separated.
  • combined.

Question 4

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An organism's phenotype is its
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  • physical appearance.
  • genetic makeup.
  • allele combination.
  • probability of occuring.

Question 5

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According to the chromosome theory of inheritance, [blank_start]genes[blank_end] are carried from parents to offspring on chromosomes.
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  • genes

Question 6

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Each time a coin is tossed, there is a 75% chance that the coin will land heads up.
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Chromosomes are made up of [blank_start]genes[blank_end] joined together like beads on a string.
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  • genes
  • proteins
  • purebreds
  • hybrids

Question 8

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[blank_start]Probability[blank_end] is a number that describes how likely it is that an event will happen.
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  • Probability

Question 9

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Walter Sutton discovered that the sex cells of grasshoppers have [blank_start]half[blank_end] the number of chromosomes found in the body cells.
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  • half
  • twice
  • one-fourth
  • the same
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