Punnett Square Quiz

Why do scientist use Punnett Squares?

• A tool scientist use to to see alleles

• A tool scientist use to see which alleles are dominant

• A tool scientist use to determine possible genotypes for offspring

Which of the following is a Homozygous Dominant Genotype?

• Yy

• XX

• zz

Which of the following is a homozygous recessive genotype?

• HH

• dd

• Aa

Which of the following is a heterozygous genotype?

• Gg

• UU

• pp

Fill in the Yellow Box

• AA

• Aa

• aa

Fill in the Yellow Box

• Bb

• BB

• bb

The punnett square is used to tell the color of a frogs skin. "G" means green skin and "g" means brown skin. What is the chance the baby frogs will have brown skin?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes is ___________

• Trait
• Gene
• Allele
• Dominant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. The "stronger" gene. 

• Dominant Allele
• Recessive Allele

An organism’s genetic makeup or allele combination.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Beanotype
• Notype