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Chapter 10, Lessons 1, 2, 3 Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The scientific study of heredity is called fertilization.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

A hybrid organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same form of a trait.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Capital letters are used to represent recessive alleles.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Mendel called an individual that has one dominant allele and one recessive allele for a trait a purebred.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Mendel said that the factors that control a trait exist in pairs.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Mendel’s experiments showed that the traits of an offspring were a blend of the characteristics of the parents.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Which of these genotypes is heterozygous?

a)

AA

b)

Bb

c)

Cd

d)

ee

8.

Which of these is NOT a phenotype?

a)

tall

b)

short

c)

homozygous

d)

round

9.

In a cross between individuals that are Aa x Aa, how many boxes of the Punnett square will show an offspring that is AA?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

10.

Which of these is NOT a way to express probability?

a)

1 in 4

b)

50 percent

c)

3/4

d)

25

11.

A cow with a mix of red hairs and white hairs has the genotype HRHW. This is an example of _____.

a)

acquired

b)

codominance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

multiple alleles

e)

polygenic inheritance

12.

Having pierced ears is an example of a(n) _____ trait.

a)

acquired

b)

codominance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

multiple alleles

e)

polygenic inheritance

13.

Four alleles determine if a rabbit is white, brown, or gray. This is an example of _____.

a)

acquired

b)

codominance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

multiple alleles

e)

polygenic inheritance

14.

The pattern of inheritance in which more than one pair of genes affects a trait is _____.

a)

codominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

multiple alleles

d)

polygenic inheritance

e)

sex

15.

If a plant with red flowers crossed with a plant with white flowers produces a plant with pink flowers, it is an example of _____.

a)

codominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

multiple alleles

d)

polygenic inheritance

e)

sex

16.

Only changes in _____ cells can be passed to offspring.

a)

codominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

multiple alleles

d)

polygenic inheritance

e)

sex