Genetics Review

What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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What was the theory of genetics before Mendel did his experiments.

• All traits were random

• All traits skipped a generation

• All traits were decided by God

• All traits were a mixing of the the parents traits

Which of these genotypes would most likely be used to represent the dominant for pea plant height?

• TT

• tt

• PP

• pp

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The letters that make-up the genetic code for a trait

• genotype
• heterzygous
• phenotype
• trait

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This is the study of how traits are inherited..

• heredity

• genetics

• genotype

• phenotype

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The passing of traits from a parent to their offspring is known as...

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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This is another name for the genetic make-up of an organism...

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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This is the physical expression of a trait...

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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This is the name for an organism with two of the same alleles for a certain trait...

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

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