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Biology: Mendellian Genetics

Authored by Craig Schlemmer

Biology

9th - 10th Grade

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Biology: Mendellian Genetics
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study...

flowering

gamete formation

the inheritance of traits

cloning

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The “factors” that are passed from parent to offspring and determine traits are called...

genes

characteristics

traits

alleles

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Gregor Mendel concluded that traits are...

not inherited by offspring

passed from the parents to the offspring

determined by dominant factors only

determined by recessive factors only.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The principle of dominance states that...

all alleles are dominant.

all alleles are recessive.

some alleles are dominant and others are recessive.

alleles are neither dominant nor recessive.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A tall plant is crossed with a short plant. If the tall F1 pea plants are allowed to self-pollinate,

the offspring will be of medium height.

all of the offspring will be tall.

all of the offspring will be short.

some of the offspring will be tall, and some will be short.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait are said to be...

homozygous

dominant

heterozygous

hybrid

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Gregor Mendel crossed a tall plant with a short plant, the F1 plants inherited...

an allele for tallness from each parent.

an allele for tallness from the tall parent and an allele for shortness from the short parent.

an allele for shortness from each parent.

an allele from only the tall parent.

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