Exploring Basic Mendelian Genetics Concepts

Exploring Basic Mendelian Genetics Concepts

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Aiden Montgomery

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is considered the father of modern genetics?

Isaac Newton

Gregor Mendel

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What unique feature of pea plants made them ideal for Mendel's experiments?

Ability to grow quickly

Ability to self-pollinate

Resistance to diseases

Brightly colored flowers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term did Mendel use to describe plants that always produce offspring with the same traits?

Cross breeding

Dominant

True breeding

Hybrids

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many traits did Mendel examine in his pea plant experiments?

Seven

Five

Three

Ten

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Mendel call the first generation of offspring in his experiments?

P generation

F1 generation

F2 generation

S generation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Mendel's second hypothesis about the F1 generation?

They would be true breeding

They would produce only recessive traits

They would revert to the parent generation traits

They would show new, unseen traits

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of an allele?

A version of a gene

A tool for breeding plants

A type of pea plant

A dominant trait

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