Modern Genetics

The Father of Modern Genetics

Multiple Choice

Which words in the story help the reader understand the meaning of the word avid in paragraph 1?

• “What he found out”

• “Many hours gardening”

• “This curious and observant”

• “He noticed”

Multiple Choice

Eye color is also determined by genes. Brown eyes are dominant, and blue eyes are recessive. What must be true for two brown-eyed parents to produce a blue-eyed child?

• One person passes on the blue-eye allele.

• They each pass on the blue-eye allele.

• One person's parents are blue-eyed.

• One person's grandparents are blue-eyed.

Multiple Choice

What can the reader reasonably conclude based on the information in this passage?

• Gregor Mendel was well paid for his research.

• Gregor Mendel noticed other things about peas.

• Gregor Mendel won a Nobel Prize for his work.

• Gregor Mendel hated gardening.

Multiple Choice

What can a Punnett Square be used to determine?

• the possible combinations of alleles in offspring

• what an offspring will look like

• the height of offspring

• genetic heritage

Multiple Choice

Which words in the story help the reader understand the meaning of the word foreseeable in paragraph 1?

• “Same type of plants”

• “No one noticed”

• “The passing of traits”

• “Highly predictable ways”

Multiple Choice

What will the result be if a purebred tall pea plant is mixed with a purebred short pea plant?

• a short pea plant. due to chance

• a short pea plant, because short is the dominant allele

• a tall pea plant, because tall is the dominant allele

• a tall pea plant. due to chance