MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM

GRADE 11

BIOLOGY

Week 13 Lessons - Worksheet

SECTION A

1. Tarzan and Jane, both of whom are heterozygous for Blood Groups A and B respectively
can have offspring that are likely to be
(A) 100% AB
(B) 50% A: 50%AB
(C) 25%AB: 50%B: 25%O
(D) 25%A: 25%B: 25%AB: 25%)

2. Which of the following terms refers to visible characteristics of living things?

(A) Gene
(B) Genotype
(C) Phenotype
(D) Chromosome

3. One example of new organisms from one parent only is known as

(A) Asexual reproduction
(B) Sexual reproduction
(C) Mitosis
(D) Meiosis
 4. A man with blood group A married a woman with blood group B. They had two children,
EACH with blood group AB. The alleles A and B are described as being
(A) Homozygous
(B) Codominant
(C) Recessive
(D) Dominant

5. Zane, the son of James and Jennifer may have inherited the red-green colour blindness gene
from his parents. Neither James nor Jennifer is colour blind.
If N represents normal. What are the genotypes of the parents?
James Jennifer
(A) XNY XNXn
(B) XnY XNXn
(C) XnY XnXn
(D) XNY XnXn

SECTION B

6. How is it possible for plants that have identical genetic make-up to show differences?
explain

7. Suggest why it is sometimes necessary to breed plants with the same genetic make-up

8. Give one disadvantage of breeding an identical population of organisms

9. When breeding programmes are deliberately used to control the characteristics of a
population of organisms, the process is called artificial selection. Explain how this process
is different from natural selection.

10. Observation of the members of a population shows that there is variation in skin colour.
Suggest THREE ways by which this type of variation could occur.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM

GRADE 11

BIOLOGY

Week 13 Lessons - Answer sheet

SECTION A

1. Answer: D
2. Answer: C
3. Answer: A
4. Answer: B
5. Answer: A

SECTION B

6. Environmental conditions may vary e.g. Light, minerals or water solubility thus accounting
for differences in the plant appearance that is not attributable to genetics. Also, the
expression of some genes may be affected by the environment.
7. To retain chosen genetic features already in the population

8. It reduces variation which may mean that the whole population will be susceptible to
pathogens or environmental changes.
9.
10. In artificial selection
 Humans make the decision about which features are desirable
 The organisms with these features are allowed to breed
 The desirable features may not confer an advantage in the organism’s normal
environment
 In natural selection

 Organisms interbreed freely with each other

 Organisms with a feature that favours their survival in the environment are those that
normally survive to interbreed again.

11. Any three of:

 continuous variation of alleles of skin colour gene
 interracial mating
 mutation in skin colour gene and exposure to varying degrees of sunlight/tanning.
 skin disease
 skin bleaching