Basics of Genetics and Punnett Squares

Basics of Genetics and Punnett Squares

6th - 8th Grade

14 Qs

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Basics of Genetics and Punnett Squares

Basics of Genetics and Punnett Squares

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, MS-LS4-4, HS-LS1-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kathy Maynard

Used 44+ times

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are versions of genes

genetics

heredity

eggs

alleles

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a pea plant has two genes (alleles) for purple flowers, this is called what?

homozygous

heterozygous

hybrid

recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a pea plant has a gene for white flowers and a gene for purple flowers, this is called what?

homozygous

pure-breeding

heterozygous

recessive

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an allele or gene that requires only one copy to be expressed?

reformed

physical

recessive

dominant

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an allele or gene that requires two copies to be expressed?

reversed

recessive

recombinant

retrograde

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you write a dominant allele, it is written with

an upper case letter

a lower case letter

a cursive letter

a bold letter

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you write a recessive allele, the allele is written with a

upper case letter

lower case letter

formal letter

reversed letter

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