Unit 5 Genetics

Why did Gregor Mendel choose to work with peas?

• They grow really fast

• They self-pollinate

• Both reasons

• Neither reason

Mendel is considered the Father of

• Medicine

• English history

• Genetics

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What is a dominant trait?

• One set of instructions for an inherited trait

• Entire genetic makeup of an individual

• The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.

What is a gene?

• Likelihood that something will happen

• Passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

• One set of instruction for an inherited trait.

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What is phenotype?

• An organism’s appearance.

• One set of instructions

• The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.

What is genotype?

• Physical appearance

• Result of a crossbred self pollination

• The entire genetic makeup of an organism.

Which was Gregor Mendel's time frame?

• 1700's

• 1800's

• 1900's

Where did Gregor Mendel study heredity and genetics?

• At a Monestary

• At a Mortuary

• At a Museum

What did Gregor Mendel study?

• Hemotology

• Psychology

• Heredity

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What type of pea plant did Mendel study?

• Broccollini Peas

• Garden Variety Peas

• Organic hybrid Peonies