Mendel's Peas - Mastery Ticket

What happened to the green trait in Mendel's pea plants?

• It provide support to Darwin's theory of evolution by disappearing.

• The pea plants produced 50% less green seeds

• It was hidden by the dominant yellow gene

• The resulting plants were yellow/green-ish

How did Mendel refer to the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Gametogenic

• Elective traits

• Alleles

• Sequals

Yy is an example of...

• A heteroygous phenotype

• A heterozygous genotype

• A homozygous phenotype

• A homozygous genotype

YY is an example of...

• A heterozygous phenotype

• A homozygous phenotype

• A homozygous genotype

• A heterozygous genotype

Each pea plant had _____alleles for each trait.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Gregor Mendel’s principles of genetics apply to

• plants only
• animals only 
• pea plants only 
• all organisms that reproduce sexually

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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

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

• develop

• grow

• evolve

• reproduce

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

• develop

• grow

• evolve

• reproduce