Pre Assessment: Genetics

_________ is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• taxonomy

• heredity

• genetics

• metabolism

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Who discovered the rules of inheritance by studying pea plants? He is known as the Father of Genetics.

• Charles Darwin

• James Watson

• Erwin Chargaff

• Gregor Mendel

Phenotype refers to the...

• physical observable trait

• underlying genetic makeup

Genotype refers to the...

• physical observable trait

• underlying genetic makeup

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the term for alternate forms of a gene.

• alleles

• traits

• phenotypes

• chromosomes

An individual who has two different alleles for a gene is _____________ for that trait.

• homozygous

• heterozygous

An individual who has two identical alleles for a gene is _____________ for that trait.

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• all of these are heterozygous

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

• A

• Aa

• AA

• aa

Tallness (T) is dominant to shortness (t) in pea plants. Which of the following shows the genotype of a short plant?

• TT

• Tt

• tt

• t