TRUE or FALSE

1. The law of independent assortment states that the two alleles for a heritable character separate
during gamete formation and end up in different gametes.
2. In Mendelian genetics, the phenotype of a heterozygote would be the phenotype expressed by
the dominant allele.
3. Beyond carrying capacity, the population of a species in an ecosystem would decline due to
limited resources.
4. The population of bees in a tropical rainforest exhibits a clumped dispersion.
5. Emigration and birth are the factors that cause an increase in the population of a species in an
area.
6. The sex of a human offspring is determined by the sex chromosome carried by the sperm cell.
7. A father carrying a Y-linked trait will pass the trait to all his daughters.
8. Due to human activities, the passenger pigeon is currently endangered.
9. A female heterozygote of the allele for color-blindness is not color-blinded.
10. Pattern baldness is a sex-influenced trait. The allele for this condition behaves like a dominant
allele in females and like a recessive allele in males.
11. The type of biome that would exist in an area is determined by its climate.
12. Population dispersion refers to the amount of organisms of the same species living in an area.
13. There are 46 autosomes in a human body cell.
14. The disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago due to the crash of an asteroid is an
example of a local extinction.
15. Climate change is a man-made phenomenon.

IDENTIFICATION: Choose the correct answer from the words in the box.

16. The ________ is the specific place along the length of a chromosome where a given gene is
located.
17. The physical and physiological trait of an organism determined by its genetic makeup is called
________.
18. ________ is the influx of new individuals of a species from other areas into the local population.
19. When a species’ population becomes so low that only a few remain, the species is considered
_______ and will possibly become extinct.
20. ________ is the rapid decrease in the population of organisms that overshot its limited carrying
capacity.
21. This terrestrial biome has vegetation composed primarily of dwarf shrubs, grasses, mosses and
lichens. The growth of trees is hindered due to low temperatures and short growing seasons.
The biome described is a ___________.
22. ________ refers to the number of species in a biological community.
23. ______ refers to a chromosome that is not directly involved in determining sex.
24. To show the results of a random fertilization in genetic crosses, a diagram known as a _______ is
made.
 25. _______ is the least common form of population dispersion in nature which occurs when the
position of each individual is independent of the other.
26. Variation in the genetic makeup of individuals of the same species in a given population is called
__________.
27. A ____________ refers to groups of populations of different species living in the same area.
28. _________ is the amount of individuals of a species that are born for a given period of time.
29. __________ is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a disturbance by resisting damage or
recovering quickly.
30. _________ are autosomal traits that can be carried by both sexes but can only be expressed in a
single sex.

Clumped Community Autosome Sex-influenced trait Natality Immigration

Phenotype Resilience Random Species richness Tundra Punnett square
Emigration Locus Endangered Genetic diversity Stability Sex-limited trait

PROBLEM SOLVING

Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a dominant allele. Let H be the dominant
allele and h be the recessive allele. Inheritance of the disease follows Mendelian genetics.

31. If a homozygous male with the disease mates with a heterozygous female, what is the
probability that their child would get the disease?
32. If two heterozygous parents mate, what is the probability that their child will not get the
disease?
33. If a homozygous male without the disease mates with a homozygous female with the disease,
what is the probability that their child would get the disease?
34. If a homozygous male without the disease mates with a heterozygous female, what is the
probability that their child is a heterozygote?
A. 0 % B. 25 % C. 50 % D. 75 % E. 100 %

Hemophilia is a recessive, X-linked condition. A man with hemophilia has a daughter of normal
phenotype. She marries a man who is normal for the trait.

35. What is the probability that a daughter of this mating will be hemophiliac?
36. What is the probability that a son will be hemophiliac?
37. If the couple has four sons, what is the probability that all four will be born with hemophilia?
A. 0% B. 25 % C. 50 % D. 75 % E. 100 %

Beard growth is a recessive sex-limited trait for males.

38. If a bearded male mates with a heterozygous female, what is the probability that they will have
a son who will grow a beard?
39. A homozygous male with no beard mates with a homozygous recessive female. If the couple
would have four sons, what is the probability that they would grow a beard?
40. A heterozygous male mates with a homozygous recessive female. If the couple would have four
daughters, what is the probability that they would carry the allele for beard growth?
A. 0 % B. 25 % C. 50 % D. 75 % E. 100 %