Science Genetics Test Questions

Question 1

Where is genetic information contained?

Answer 1

Genetic information is contained in DNA in the nucleus of the cell

Question 2

Genetic information is contained in DNA in the what?

Answer 2

the nucleus of the cell

Question 3

What is contained in the nucleus of the cell?

Answer 3

Genetic information

Question 3

How is the human body organized genetically from large to small?

Answer 3

Cells, chromosomes, DNA

Question 4

What can provide information on human genetics?

Answer 4

Pedigree, human DNA fingerprint, breeding of animals/plants (Punnett Square)

Question 5

What can pedigrees provide?

Answer 5

Information on human genetics

Question 6

What can human DNA fingerprints provide?

Answer 6

Information on human genetics

Question 7

What can breeding of animals and plants provide?

Answer 7

Information on human genetics

Question 8

What can Punnent Squares provide?

Answer 8

Information on human genetics

Question 9

What is the 50/50 Rule?

Answer 9

Both parents have to give 50% or 1/2 of the chromosomes to a new baby.

Question 10

How does one get a recessive trait?

Answer 10

They must get it from both parents.

Question 11

How can DNA fingerprinting be used?

Answer 11

ID a person (dead or alive), ID a person at a crime scene, diagnose a genetic disease