Genetics and Mendel's Peas Video

Who is known as the father of genetics?

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

Who discovered the principles of heredity?

• Marie Curie

• Nikola Tesla

• Gregor Mendel

• Thomas Edison

What color were the seeds from Mendel's first cross of pea plants?

• Red

• Yellow

• Blue

• Green

What is a trait that is hidden in the first generation called?

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Invisible

• Masked

What does a homozygous genotype mean?

• Two different alleles

• Two dominant alleles

• Two identical alleles

• No alleles

What do we call the physical appearance resulting from the genotype?

• Phenotype

• Allele

• Trait

• Genotype

What tool do scientists use to predict genetic outcomes?

• Calculator

• Punnett square

• Telescope

• Microscope

What combination of alleles results in a green pea?

• Y

• YY

• Yy

• yy

What other trait of peas did Mendel study besides color?

• Texture

• Shape

• Taste

• Size

How are most human traits inherited?

• Simpler than peas

• Exactly like Mendel's peas

• More complex than Mendel's peas

• Not inherited at all