Mendel

What organism did Mendel study?

• pea plants

• onions

• mice

• cats

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

Which of the following is heterozygous?

• MM

• Mm

• mm

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• RR

• Rr

• rr

Which of the following is homozygous recessive?

• QQ

• Qq

• qq

What term denotes the physical expression of a gene?

• genotype

• phenotype

• appearance

• homologous

Which of the following would produce a recessive phenotype?

• hh

• Rr

• Ww

• BB

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid
• Genetic Tic Tac Toe
• Punnett Square
• Pedigree Plot