Punnett Squares Quiz

A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks? (a)  

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

What is the probability of a purple-horned unicorn if a heterozygous pink-horned unicorn is crossed with a heterozygous pink-horned unicorn? (a)  

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Georgette wants to breed her pet phoenixes, but she isn't sure if the babies will burst into blue flames or red flames. Her documents show that her female phoenix is homozygous dominant for red flames, while her male phoenix is homozygous recessive for blue flames. What color flames will the babies have? (a)  

• Red
• Blue
• Purple
• 50% Red, 50% Blue

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Leonardo bet his friend Olivet that two heterozygous green-eyed sea monsters could not have a recessive blue-eyed baby sea monster. Olivet said they can have a blue-eyed sea monster.
Who wins the bet?

• Leonardo
• Olivet
• Both
• Neither

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What phenotype would result from crossing a homozygous dominant purple-flowered pea plant with a homozygous recessive white-flowered pea plant?

• Pp
• Purple
• White
• PP and pp

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Two parents have a heterozygous genotype for eye color. What is the chance of having a blue eye baby?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

A heterozygous woman marries a homozygous recessive man. What are the chances of a freckled baby?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?

• 25%
• 50%
• 0%
• 100%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what probability of an offsprings' genotype?

• 25%
• 1%
• 10%
• 0%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3