Science Department Secondary 1

Biology Second Term

1] Choose:
1) What is the correct figure representing the male karyotype ? ………

a) b) c) d)

2) The following figure shows the structure of human sperm. Which sex chromosome is present in
the head ? ………
a) Either (X) or (Y) chromosome.
b) Only (X) chromosome.
c) Only (Y) chromosome. Head middle tail
d) Both of (X) and (Y) chromosomes. piece

3) When crossing a white-flowered pea plant with a pink-flowered one, they produced 3 pink-
flowered plants and 5 white-flowered plants. Which of the following represents the parent’s
genotypes ? ………
a) AABB x aaBb b) aaBb x AaBB c) AaBb x aaBb d) aabb x AABB

4) When a healthy man married to a woman who suffers from Down’s syndrome. Which of the
following individuals can’t be one of their offspring ?
a) a male with Klinefelter’s syndrome. b) a normal female.
c) a female with Down’s syndrome. d) a normal male.

5) If you know that the Phenylketonuria (PKU) disease is from genetic diseases, and it is noticed
that by following a special healthy diet, the symptoms of this disease decrease in those who
carry that gene. From the previous we can conclude that ………
a) The effect of the gene causing (PKU) is weak.
b) The gene of (PKU) is affected by the environmental conditions.
c) Following a special healthy diet heals all genetic diseases.
d) The (PKU) gene is recessive.

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6) When a normal male and female married, they had a daughter who will not get mature and suffers
from congenital defects in heart and kidneys. Which of the following is the chromosomal
structure of the mother ? ………
a) 44 + XX b) 45 + XX c) 22 + XX d) 23 + XX

7) A wife with blood group (A) and a husband with blood group (B) can’t have a child with genotype
of ………
a) AB b) AA c) OO d) AO

8) A man and a woman married and had four daughters, so if the woman became pregnant again.
What is the probability that the fifth child to be a male?
a) ¼ b) ½ c) ⅕ d) ⅓
9) Which figure of the following represents the effect of the gene of chlorophyll in a certain plant
through the daylight (from sun rise to sun set)

a) b) c) d)

10) When a haemophilic man married to a heamophilia carrier woman, then the possibility of
emergence of a male that suffer from this disease at the first pregnancy will be ……

a) 50 % b) 25 % c) 100 % d) zero %

2] Essay questions:
11) The following figure shows a diagram of the chromosome
that carries genes of Rhesus in three different c c C
individuals after making a blood test for them. D d d
e e E
Which one of them has R.B.Cs whose surfaces are
free of Rhesus antigens ? Kareem Nadia Mariam

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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12) The seeds of a certain plant were germinated – until the formation of seedlings – as in figure,
then they were transferred to the light in the same conditions of soil and watering, after few
weeks, it was noticed that the plant in pot (b) only had grown while that in pot (a) hadn’t.
Explain the stopping of growth of the seedling in pot (a) ?

(a) (b) (a) (b)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

13) The following figure represents the karyotype of an

individual. What is the chromosomal structure of his

gametes ? ……………………………………………………………………………

14) If you know that the gene of long eyelashes (B) dominates over the gene of short eyelashes (d) in
human. If a man having long eyelashes is married to a woman having short eyelashes and they gave
birth for a child with short eyelashes. What is the genotype of the parents ?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

15) When a male with blood group (A) and chromosomal structure (44 + XXY) is married to a female
with blood group (B) and chromosomal structure (44 + XX), they had a child with blood group (AB).

a) Do you agree to the previous statement. ……………………

b) Explain your answer. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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16) A child is sever aneamic and needs blood transfusion all the time, so his parents and brother
exchange the donation of blood for him although each one of them has a different blood group.
a) What is the child’s blood group ? ……………………………

b) What is the type of inheritance followed by the blood groups in human ?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

17) If you know that the condition (trait) of muscle atrophy is

(1)
caused by a sex-linked lethal recessive gene carried on (X)
chromosome. The following figure expresses the
inheritance of this trait in a certain family.
If the square represents a male, the circle represents a
female and the shaded shape represents the infected
(3) (2)
individual.
 Determine the genotype of number (1) and (3),
knowing that the symbol of muscle atrophy gene is (a) ………………………………………………………………………………

1] Choose:
1) The wing cell of Drosophila insect contains 4 pairs of chromosomes.
How many chromosomes present in its ovum ?
a) 4 chromosomes b) 8 pairs of chromosomes
c) 4 pairs of chromosomes d) 12 chromosomes

2) Which one of the following represents the pair of chromosomes that doesn’t follow the
chromosomal arrangement according to their sizes ?
a) The pair number (23). b) The pair number (21).
c) The pair number (7). d) The pair number (13).

3) The root system formation genes are inversely affected by the percentage of humidity in the
soil. If you know that (Blue Egyptian Lotus) plant has a very few roots.
In which of the following environment this plant can live ?
a) Rocky b) Sandy c) Aquatic d) Clay

4) What are the probable phenotype of parents of a girl that is not allowed to drive cars, because
she failed in traffic Signals test ?
a) The mother is a carrier and the father is healthy.
b) The father is infected with color blindness and the mother is healthy.
c) The father is infected with color blindness and the mother is carrier.
d) The mother is healthy and the father is healthy.

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5) If the father and mother have normal hair and got a son with bald hair.
What is the probability of producing a female suffers from hair falling ?
a) 50 % b) Zero % c) 25 % d) 75 %

6) In a blood transfusion process to a patient his blood group is A, the donor blood group was A, but
doctor refused to transfer blood from that donor.
Determine the reason of refusing the doctor to transfer blood from that donor.
a) Presence of (a) antigens. b) Presence of Rhesus antigens.
c) Presence of Antibodies (a) in blood. d) Presence of Antibodies (b) in blood.

7) What are the cells that produce the protein which is responsible for breaking down the blood
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cells of (Rh ) fetus inside the uterus of his (Rh ) mother ?
a) The red blood cell b) The placenta
c) The white blood cell d) The uterus
8) Which of the following crossings produces an individual his blood plasma contains two different
antibodies ?
a) OO X AA b) AO X AO c) BO X AB d) AO X AB

9) What is the genetic case in which the phenotype indicates the genotype ?
a) Flower color in pea plant b) Baldness inheritance in Human
c) Flower color inheritance in Antirrhinum. d) Eye widening in Human.

10) The diagram in front of you illustrates the

inheritance of color blindness disease in one B
family.
What is the genotype of individual (B)?

C c c C C C
a) X X b) X Y c) X X d) X Y Diseased

11) The following graph represents the relation between light

amount and chlorophyll ratio in (4) different types of

plants (A, B, C, D).

Which plant represents a plant lives in shaded places ?

a) B b) C c) D d) A

12) Which of the following crossing produces an individual who can donates his blood to all blood
groups ?
a) (AB) X O b) Hybrid (A) X Hybrid (A)
c) (O) X Pure (B) d) Pure (B) X hybrid (B)

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13) According to your study about the karyotype of normal human.
Which of the following is not correct about somatic chromosomes ?
a) Its number is 44 chromosomes.
b) May carry the genes of sex influenced traits.
c) Carry the genes of sex linked traits.
d) Different in size.

14) If you know that the red color gene (R) in some types of cows dominates over white color gene.
Which are the genotypes of red colored individuals ?
a) RR and rr b) WW and WR c) WW and RR d) RR and Rr

2] Essay Questions:
15) What is the genotype of a white flowered pea flowering plant that carries two dominant genes ?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

16) The following table indicates the type of gametes which produced by two parents.

23 + X 22 + X

22 + X B A

22 + Y D C

a) Determine the letter/s of the abnormal individual/s. ……………………………………

b) What is the abnormal genetic case of the mother ?……………………………………………………………………

17) By carrying out a chromosomal analysis test for these twins in

front of you, it was found that they are different in sex, and
by the end of 2nd month, the gonads of the embryo (A)
appeared, but the gonads of the embryo (B) did not appear.

c) What is the expected sex of embryo (A) ? ……………………………

d) How many weeks are left for ensuring the appearance of the gonads of the embryo (B) ?
……………………………………

18) Amira’s mother suffers from an inherited hair fall case, while she doesn’t suffer from this

case. What is the genotype of Amira’s father ? …………………………………………………………

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 Choose:
1. What is the genotype for a flowering pea plant with white flowers that carries the largest
number of dominant genes?
a) aaBb b) AABb c) AABB d) AAbb

2. Which of the following chromosomal structure represents a gamete that can be produced by a
normal male or female in human?

a) (22 + X) b) (22 + Y) c) (22 + XX) d) (22 + XY)

3. What is the percentage

of normal females
resulting from this
fertilization?
a) 25 %
b) 50 %
c) 75 %
d) 100 %

4. Which of the following diagrams represents the result of mating of a father who is a universal
donor for blood groups and a mother her blood doesn’t have any antibodies for blood groups?
a) b)

c) d)

5. What is the number of different gametes that are produced from an individual whose structure
Aabb?
a) one b) two c) three d) four

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6. The mutation (a)in human is a recessive, sex linked and lethal for the pure embryos before birth.
What is the percentage of dead babies that resulted from the marriage of a healthy man and
carrier woman for this gene?
a) 100% females b) 100% males c) 50% of females d) 50% of males

7. In Antirrhinum plant, which of the following crossing produces more than two different
phenotypes of flowers colour?
a) Pink X White b) Pink X Red c) White X White d) Pink X Pink

8. The albinism in human is a recessive trait that represented by (aa). What is the result of mating
a man and a woman both of them are a normal hybrid for this trait?
a) 25% Albino b) 100% normal c) 50% Albino d) 50% normal

9. Which of the following cases it isn’t necessary to inject a (Rh-) mother with the antiserum for
(Rh) factor?
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a) The 1st baby is (Rh ) b) The father is pure (Rh )
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c) The father is (Rh ) d) The 2nd baby is (Rh )

10. Which of the following chromosomes has the largest size in the human karyotype?
a) Chromosome (22) b) Chromosome (Y) c) Chromosome (9) d) Chromosome (X)

Choose the best answer:

1) This figure explains the gene structure of chromosome contains a Rhesus factor for someone.
Which of the following doesn’t explain what case expresses this person ?
a) Clotting his blood during transferring a blood for him that contains Rh antibodies.
b) Inherits these genes to his sons and grandchildren. A
c) His blood contains Rh proteins. d
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d) Doesn’t cause a problem when transferring his blood for (Rh ) later. E

2) In Andalusian chickens the black color of feathers is symbolized (B) and gene of white color of
feather is (W).
What is the expected percentage of blue colored feathers chickens on mating between blue
Andalusian cock with white hen ?
a) 50 % b) 100 % c) 75 % d) 0 %

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3) “If you know that the responsible gene for giving birth a large headed children is recessive lethal
gene. If a woman that her parents are free from this gene married a man carries this gene”
What is the probable percentage of giving birth a large headed child from this marriage ?
a) 0 % b) 50 % c) 25% d) 100 %

4) Which of the following is correct about the pair of chromosomes that carries the genes of
inheritance of blood groups ?
a) Smaller in size than the 10th pair of chromosomes.
b) Smaller in size than the sex chromosome (X).
c) Smaller in size than the sex chromosome (Y).
d) Bigger in size than the 7th pair of chromosomes.

5) The diagram below represents the light intensity

that four plants of the same type have been
subjected, study it then determine:
Which plant has the highest concentration of
chlorophyll ?
a) C b) D
c) A d) B

6) When crossing a plant its genotype RrTT with another plant of the same species its genotype rrTt.
What is the expected percentage of producing hybrid plants in both traits.
a) 50 % b) 100 % c) 25 % d) 75 %

7) Two parents who are similar in blood groups, they gave birth individuals carry three different
types of blood groups, one of them is similar to that of the parents
Which of the following characterizes the blood group of the parents ?
a) donate blood to the blood group (O) only.
b) donate blood to the blood groups (A) & (B)
c) receive blood from the blood groups (A) & (B)
d) receive blood from the blood groups (O) only

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8) The following table expresses the results of studying the inheritance of the color of flowers in a
pea flowering plant. Click on spaces in table then choose from the dropdown lists what complete
the table correctly. [here in the sheet, you can check the correct box]

Gametes aB
AB Ab ab
 
 aaBB  aaBB
 AB  AB
 AaBB AaBb  AaBB Aabb aabb
 ab  ab
 aaBb  aaBb

9) Which of the following express a male with a chromosomal structure disorder ?

[Choose 2 answers]
a) 45 + XY b) 44 + 0X c) 44 + XY
d) 22 pairs + XXY e) 45 + XX

10) Which of the following genotypes produces highest number of types of gametes ?
a) aaBB b) AAbb c) aaBb d) aabb

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