Heredity Review

He is known as the father of modern genetics

• Alfred Wegener

• Robert Hooke

• Aristotle

• Gregor Johann Mendel

What plant does Mendel used in his experiment about the discovery of heredity?

• squash

• pea plant

• turnip

• cucumber

This is a diagram used to determine the possible combinations of alleles in a cross of the parent.

• punnett square

• monohybrid

• dihybrid

• law of square

What do the letters on the inside of the punnett square stand for?

• chromosome

• Allele combination in the offspring

• allele of the gametes

• phenotype

An organism's physical appearance or visible traits

• fertilization

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination

• fertilization

• genotype

• phenotype

• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)

• fertilization

• genotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

 

Two parents have type "O" blood. What will the blood type of their children be?

• O

• A

• AB

• B

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In peas, yellow pod color is dominant to green pod color. Two homozygous dominant parents are crossed. What are the chances that the offspring will have green pods?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

 

In peas, yellow pod color is dominant to green pod color. A heterozygous parent is crossed with a homozygous recessive plant. What are the chances that the offspring will have green pods?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3