Mendel's Peas

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called _____.

• genetics

• heredity

• homeostasis

• molecular biology

The study of heredity is called _____.

• genetics

• inheritance

• virology

• microbiology

Born in 1822, _____ is the Austrian monk known as the father of genetics.

• Gregor Mendel

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

Mendel used pea plants to study heredity because they _____ quickly.

• cook

• spoil

• evolve

• reproduce

Mendel used pea plants to study heredity because he could control which pairs of plants were allowed to _____.

• develop

• grow

• evolve

• reproduce

_____ occurs when pollen from the stamen of a flower lands on the pistil of the same or a different plant and fertilizes an egg.

• Bioluminescence

• Maturation

• Pollination

• Polysaturation

The part of the stamen that produces pollen is the _____.

• anther

• filament

• stem

• sepal

_____ is when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of a flower on the same plant and fertilizes an egg.

• Cross-pollination

• Self-pollination

• Tissue culture

• Vegetative reproduction

_____ is when pollen from one plant reaches the pistil of a flower on a different plant and fertilizes an egg.

• Asexual reproduction

• Cross-pollination

• Self-pollination

• Regeneration

_____ can occur naturally when wind, water, or animals such as bees carry pollen from one flower to a flower on another plant.

• Cross-pollination

• Mitosis

• Vegetative reproduction

• Photosynthesis