Heredity and Genetics Test

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• heredity

• genetics

• genes

• traits

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Who was Gregor Mendel? (Select ALL that apply)

• father of genetics

• Austrian monk

• Egyptian scientist

• Austrian scientist

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The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• heredity

• genes

• traits

• genetics

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3 reasons pea plants are ideal for genetic studies

• reproduce quickly

• easily observed traits

• easily controlled to pollinate

• easily separated

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• phenotype

• genotype

• allele

• chromosome

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When Mendel did a manual cross between plants with white flowers and plants with purple flowers he was:

• self-pollinating

• cross-pollinating

• making offspring for consumption

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When Mendel pollinated the pea plants, what flower color options were there?

• red and green

• purple and white

• purple and blue

• white and pink

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Another name for the offspring from two plants cross pollinating.

• hybrid

• homozygous dominate

• homozygous recessive

• true

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How can you find the ratio of offspring?

• divide the number of recessive genes by the number of dominant genes

• divide the number of dominant genes by the number of recessive genes

• multiply the dominant and recessive genese

• add the dominant and recessive genes together

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A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• codominance

• heterozygous