Mendel Pea summary

What did Gregor Mendel discover when he crossed a purebred yellow-seeded plant with a purebred green-seeded plant?

• Half of the offspring had yellow seeds and half had green seeds.

• All offspring had yellow seeds.

• The offspring had no seeds.

• All offspring had green seeds.

What term is used to describe a pair of identical alleles for a trait?

• Heterozygous

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

What does the Punnett Square help scientists visualize?

• The physical appearance of an organism.

• The recessive traits in a population.

• The distribution of alleles among offspring.

• The dominant traits in a population.

Which combination of alleles results in green peas?

• One dominant yellow allele and one recessive green allele.

• Two dominant yellow alleles.

• Two recessive green alleles.

• One recessive green allele.

What additional traits did Mendel study in peas besides color?

• Number of seeds produced.

• Size of the seeds.

• Shape, such as round or wrinkled.

• Height and weight.