Lesson 3

Who was Gregor Mendel

• Austrian Monk

• Australian Monk

• American Monk

• Monkey

What plant was Gregor Mendel studying

• garden pea

• garden bean

• garden beet

• garden tomato

What did Mendel used to describe and analyze the results of his experiments?

• scientific method

• mathematics

• social studies

• democracy

What was not a trait of Mendel's pea experiment?

• green

• yellow

• brownish

• wrinkled

What conclusions did Mendel draw?

• Parents pass units of information to their offspring

• One trait can hide the expression of another trait

• The way one trait is inherited does not affect the way another trait is inherited

• Mendel liked the punnet square and used it

Which of the following is a single-celled organism?

• an eagle

• an ameba

• an oak tree

• a human

Which statement is true about chromosomes?

• They dissolve when the cell divides.

• They are threadlike structures in the nucleus of a cell.

• They are one-celled organisms.

• They contain the cells cytoplasm.

True or false: Traits include some diseases.

• true

• false

True or false: Sea urchins are not identical to their parents.

• true

• false

In plants and animals, an offspring usually inherits how many genes for a trait>

• one

• two

• three

• four