Mendel and Vocabulary

What did Gregor Mendel work with to study heredity?

• Animals

• Trees

• Pea plants

• Flowers

What trait did Mendel find to be dominant in his experiments?

• Green seeds

• Yellow seeds

• Round peas

• Wrinkled peas

What are the different variations of a gene called?

• Chromosomes

• Alleles

• Traits

• Factors

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What is the term used to describe the combination of alleles?

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Dominant trait

• Recessive trait

In a Punnett square, what do the different alleles represent?

• The seeds

• The parents

• The offspring

• The garden

How can a green pea seed be produced?

• By having two yellow alleles

• By having one yellow and one green allele

• By having two green alleles

• By crossing with another plant

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What proportions did Mendel find in the second generation of peas?

• 1:1

• 2:1

• 3:1

• 4:1

What does phenotype refer to?

• The genetic makeup

• The physical traits

• The plant's environment

• The breeding process

What is an example of a trait that can vary in peas?

• color

• shape

• smoothness

• All of the above

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Who is known as the father of genetics?

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Louis Pasteur

• Albert Einstein