Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Mendel and His Peas

What is heredity?

• The passing of traits from animal to animal.

• The passing of traits from Generation X to Generation T.

• The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• The passing of traits from offspring to parents.

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What happens when a true-breeding plant self-pollinates?

• It does not produce offspring.

• It produces offspring with the same trait the parent plant has.

• It produces offspring with the opposite trait the parent plant has.

• It produces twins.

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A short true-breeding plant will always produce a short plant.

• True

• False

Sperm from one plant fertilizes the eggs of the same plant in 

• cross-pollination
• cross-breeding
• self-pollination
• self-breeding

When a plant self-pollinates and all offspring have the same trait as the parent, it is called

• true-breeding plant
• cross-breeding plant
• self-propagating plant
• hybrid plant

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When parents with different traits are bred, a trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation is a

• dominant trait
• recessive trait
• true-breeding trait
• characteristic

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When a first-generation plant self-pollinates, what is the ratio of dominant to recessive traits in the second-generation plants?

• 1:3
• 3:1
• 1:4
• 4:1

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Dominant traits are more common in a population then recessive traits

• true
• false

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Which type of genetic factor can hide or mask another genetic factor?

• strong
• huge
• dominant
• recessive

What part of an organism's genetic makeup is received from its mother?

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

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