08 Station Lab Quiz Punnett Squares Bank

Read It # 1

Who is widely considered to be the father of genetics?

• Gregory Mendel

• G. H. Hardy

• William Bateson

• Reginald Punnett

Read it # 2

Why are Punnett squares used?

• To visually help other scientists understand physics

• To help author a book on genetics

• To determine the probability that an offspring would have a specific trait

• To decode the human genome

Read it # 3

What is the appearance of an organism or the trait that is seen?

• genotype

• Punnett square

• allele

• phenotype

Watch it # 1

What is an allele?

• A version or variation of a gene

• A strand of DNA

• a gamete

• The product of mitosis

Watch it # 2

Organize these options into either Heterozygous or Homozygous

Groups:

(a) Homozygous

,

(b) Heterozygous

• RR

• Tt

• Ss

• Kk

• rr

• ss

• tt

• HH

• Hh

• Ll

• Ww

• SS

• Zz

• Rr

• hh

• qq

Watch it # 3

How can a recessive gene show back up after several generations?

• because the recessive allele from both parents can be passed to their offspring.

• It can't. Once it is gone it is gone.

• because the dominat allele from both parents can be passed to their offspring.

Explore it #5

What percent chance will the offspring in the Punnett Square for Explore it # 4 have freckles?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

Research it # 1

What is a trait?

• A type of biomolecule

• a process that creates genetic variation

• A characteristic inherited by an offspring from its parents

Research it # 2

What is a gene?

• A type of carbohydrate found in plants
• A unit of heredity that controls the traits that are inherited and come from each parent

• A type of cell found in the human body

Research it # 3

Can environmental factors cause mutations?

• Yes

• No