Genetics

Passing on of traits from parent to child is called....

• heredity

• ancestry

• giving

The study of heredity is called.......

• biology

• genetics

• cell theory

Who is the scientist who made important discoveries about genetics

• Isaac Newton

• Sheldon Cooper

• Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel studied genetics by studying.....

• identical twins

• pea plants

• dogs and cats

Mendel observed that pea plants were...

• tall or short

• green or yellow

• various sizes and colors

True or False..When Mendel crossed two tall pea plants he got some short pea plants.

• True

• False

If Mendel only got tall plants, he called the parents..

• tall

• pure tall

• green

In Mendel's studies, P-generation means

• parent generation

• pea generation

• potential generation

When Mendel cross two pea plants from a P-generation, he called their offspring....

• P2 Generation

• F₁ Generation

• Generation 2

When Mendel cross two plants from the F₁ Generation their offspring would be called the...

• Next generation

• F₂ Generation

• Generation X