Mendel and His Peas lesson 1

Mendel used his pea plants to study the passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• genetics

• heredity

• hybrids

• dominant

Mendel’s research is considered to be the foundation of the study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring.

• heredity

• genetics

Mendel cross-pollinated pea plants with different forms of the same trait to produce (a)   with two different forms of the same trait

Factor that blocked the other genetic factor.

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

Factor that is blocked

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

(a)   is the female reproductive cell.

(a)   is the male reproductive cell.

With each cross-pollination Mendel did, he recorded the traits that appeared in the ___________.

• offspring

• previous generation

Mendel’s crosses between true-breeding plants with purple flowers produced plants with only purple flowers. Crosses between true-breeding plants with white flowers produced plants with only (a)   flowers.

Crosses between true-breeding plants with purple flowers and true-breeding plants with white flowers produced plants with only (a)   flowers.