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Genetics Quiz Study Guide
Content covered:
 Chapter 3: Sections 1, 2, & 4
 Chapter 4: Sections 1, 2 & 3
Study tips:
1) Review your notes from class. (Meiosis notes, DNA & RNA notes, Genetics notes, Probability &
Heredity notes)
2) Review all homework and classwork assignments.
3) Be sure to have read chapters 3 & 4 in your textbook.
Topics that will be covered:
Chapter 3, Section 1: Mendel’s Work (pgs. 74 – 79)
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Define: trait, heredity, fertilization, allele
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Explain the difference between dominant and recessive alleles.
Chapter 3, Section 2: Probability & Heredity (pgs. 80 – 85)
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Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.
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Explain the difference between homozygous and heterozygous genotypes.
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Know how to set up and use a Punnett square to predict the traits of offspring.
Chapter 3, Section 4: Chromosomes & Inheritance (pgs. 92 – 98)
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Define: meiosis, sperm, egg
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Describe how the number of chromosomes in sex cells (sperm and egg) differs from the number of
chromosomes in body cells.
Chapter 4, Section 1: The Genetic Code (pgs. 108 – 113)
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Explain the relationship between chromosomes, genes & DNA
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Describe the structure and function of DNA
Chapter 4, Section 2: How Cells Make Proteins (pgs. 114 – 117)
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Explain how RNA is different than DNA
Chapter 4, Section 3: Mutations (pgs. 118 – 120)
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Define: mutation
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Describe how a mutation in an organism’s DNA can affect the organism.