Biology (3rd Nine Weeks) Genetics

Which of the following can be inherited?

• A home

• A car

• Blood type

• Hair color

• Music Taste

What is the scientific study of inheritance?

• Genetics

• Physics

• Astronomy

• Biochemistry

Who was the scientist who is known as "The Father of Genetics"?

• Gregor Mendel

• Issac Newton

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

What was all Gregor Mendel do?

• Taught students

• Priest

• Monastery Gardener

• Race car Driver

Why did Gregor Mendel use pea plants?

• They were small

• Easy to grow

• Could produce hundreds of offspring

• They make a good "Model System"

• He could throw them at his students

Why couldn't Gregor Mendel study humans for his experiments?

• It would take many years

• It would be more accurate

• Humans make a better model system

• Humans are easy to grow in a garden

What part of a flower is the male reproductive part?

• pollen

• egg

What part of a flower is the female reproductive part?

• pollen

• egg

During sexual reproduction, male and female reproductive cells join in a process known as ___________ to produce a new cell.

• Fertilization

• Self-pollination

• True Breeding

• Cross-pollination

Pea flowers are normally mostly _____________, which means that sperm fertilize egg cells from within the same flower

• Fertilization

• Self-pollinating

• True Breeding

• Cross-pollination