DRA: Mendel and His Peas

Section: Mendel and His Peas

What is heredity?

• your family tree

• the passing of traits from parent to offspring

• the passing of heredity to others

• your offspring

Here is one example of something about yourself that has to do with heredity.

Use page 114 if necessary.

• your eye color

• your hair color

• the type of hair: straight or curly

• all of the above

Section: Who was Gregor Mendel?

Gregor Mendel was born in

• the United States.

• Austria.

• Germany.

• Italy.

Gregor Mendel did his research

• in a laboratory.

• at a university.

• at a monastery.

• on a farm.

Section: Unraveling the Mystery

In Mendel's work, first and second generation mean

• parents and offspring.

• plants and animals.

• peas and peapods.

• one kind of organism.

Both male and female reproductive structures are found in

• pea plants.

• flowering plants.

• self-pollinating plants.

• cross-pollinating plants.

The offspring of __________ plants all have the same traits as the parent.

• pollinating

• cross-pollinating

• self-pollinating

• true-breeding

Because pea plants can _______ one plant is able to fertilize another.

• self-pollinate

• true-breed

• cross-pollinate

• breed

Question 15. Section: Mendel's First Experiment

seen in the second generation

• dominant trait

• first-generation plants

• recessive trait

Question 16

offspring from the first cross

• dominant trait

• first-generation

• recessive trait