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Heredity and Evolution Quiz

Class X
Science
Heredity and Evolution
12 questions
MEDIUM

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1. What is heredity?

Transmission of traits from parents to offspring · Study of fossils · Change in species over time · Formation of new species

2. Which of the following is a unit of heredity?

Chromosome · Gene · DNA · RNA

3. What is the physical expression of a trait called?

Genotype · Phenotype · Allele · Haploid

4. Who is known as the father of genetics?

Charles Darwin · Gregor Mendel · James Watson · Francis Crick

5. What does a dominant allele do?

Masks the effect of a recessive allele · Is always expressed · Is never expressed · Is weaker than recessive allele