Designer Plants

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

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________

• Modern Medicine
• Father of the Green Revolution
• Father of Genitics
• The Pea Plant Man

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Gregor Mendel was born in what country

• Austraila
• Austria
• Africa
• Alaska

Who is Gregor Mendel

• an Austrian Monk from the mid 1800s who contributed to the study of Genetics

• The scientist who discovered the structure of DNA

• a British scientist who discovered penicillin

• The scientist who used X-Ray Crystallography to shed light on the structure of DNA

What did Gregor Mendel study?

• Mold Spores

• Pea Plants

• Sun Flowers

• Rats

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What was Mendel's first conclusion?

• Pea plants were inheriting a pair of genetic instructions from both parents.

• Pea plants were inheriting genetic instructions from their grandparents.

• Pea plants were inheriting genetic instructions only from their maternal parent.

• Pea plants were inheriting genetic instructions only from their paternal parent

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Genetics is the study of

• anatomy

• heredity

• cardiology

• all of the above

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Which of the following is NOT a trait you can inherit?

• your athletic ability
• your eye color
• your hairstyle
• your height

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What is a GMO?

• An organism that has had its DNA modified by humans

• An organism missing a chromosome

• Epigenetics

• A genetically identical organism

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