Mendelian Inheritance Quiz

Match each term with the correct definition.

• Heterozygous

• A cross looking at 1 gene

• Monohybrid

• A cross looking at 2 genes

• Dihybrid

• Having two identical alleles

• Homozygous

• Having two different alleles

Match each definition with the correct term

• Alleles

• A characteristic that is inherited

• Trait

• Different versions of a gene

• Gene

• The DNA that codes for a trait

Fill in the blanks. (Answers can be used more than once.)

​ (a)   refers to which alleles an organism has for a specific trait, while ​ (b)   refers to which physical characteristic the organism ends up having. "Yy" would be an example of a ​ (c)   , and "Yellow Peas" would be the matching ​ (d)   .

• Phenotype
• Genotype

In pea plants, Yellow peas are dominate over green peas. Sort the genotypes by whether the resulting plants would produce yellow or green peas.

Groups:

(a) Yellow Peas

,

(b) Green Peas

• YY

• yy

• Yy

From the cross shown, what percentage of the offspring would have purple flowers? (Don't include % sign.)

From the cross shown, what percentage of the offspring would be heterozygous? (Don't include % sign.)

Match each term with the correct genotype:

• Aa

• Homozygous Dominate

• AA

• Homozygous Recessive

• aa

• Heterozygous

Fill in 3 squares of the punnett square

a

b

c

TT

tt

Tt

Fill in one parent of the Punnett square using the FOIL method.

Parent: AaBb

g

h

d

c

AaB

aB

Aa

Ab

AA

ab

Bb

AB

Who is the Father of modern genetics?

• Gregor Mendel

• Thomas Edison

• Charles Darwin

• Francis Crick

• John Watson