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12.1 Lesson Review: The Work of George Mendel

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What plant did Gregor Mendel use for his model system?

a)

Pea plant

b)

Corn

c)

Wheat germ

d)

Pee plant

2.

Genetics is ______

a)

The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.

b)

The study of denim and efficient fabrics

c)

The study of the generation of men named Gene

3.

A trait is ____

a)

a quality that determines your loyalty

b)

a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person

c)

the characteristic that determines your likability

d)

a distinguishing quality which belongs to inanimate objects

4.

Fertilization is ______

a)

the action or process of patronizing a person in need of sympathy

b)

the action or process of fertilizing an anecdote on order to fill it with relative figurative language

c)

the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.

d)

the action or process of separating an egg and sperm

5.

A hybrid is ______

a)

The fusion of two inanimate organisms such as a spoon and fork to make a spork

b)

A fusion

c)

A car which uses electricity opposed to gas

d)

the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule.

6.

A gene is

a)

A unit used to determine the length of a room

b)

A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

c)

The man who invented the left pants leg

d)

A unit of heredity transferred from offspring to parent to determine some characteristic of the offspring

7.

An allele is ______

a)

one of two or more identical forms of a gene that arise condensation and are found at the same place on a chromosome

b)

one or two of the recessive and dominant alleles found at the same place on a chromosome

c)

one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

d)

one or two of the same gene in a multichromulus organizational matter

8.

Principle of Dominance is _______

a)

Mendel's first conclusion which states that some alleles are amphibian while others are reptile

b)

Mendel's second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive.

c)

Mendel's first conclusion which states that some genes are yellow and some are green

d)

Mendel's second conclusion which states that some alleles are short and some tall

9.

Segregation is _____

a)

The two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.

b)

The operation implemented by Jim Crow in the 1940's to 50's

c)

The four copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent

d)

The phase in meiosis in which the x and y chromosome from each gamete combine

10.

A gamete is ______

a)

a mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

b)

a mature diploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote

c)

a mature hapdroid male or female germ cell which is able to relight the cigar of an OG

d)

a mature diploid male or female germ in charge of reproduction

11.

Phenotype

a)

An organism's inherited traits or non visible traits

b)

An organism's metaphysical appearance, or obtained recessive alleles

c)

An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.

d)

An organism's physical reappearance in the F2 genearation

12.

Which allele would most likely be exhibited in the cross pollination of two organisms?

a)

Dominant allele

b)

Recessive allele

c)

Haploid allele

d)

Diploid allele

13.

Do recessive alleles appear in the F1 generation of the F2 generation?

a)

F1 generation

b)

F2 generation

14.

Does self pollination take place in a single parent or two parents?

a)

two parents

b)

single parent

c)

sexually

d)

asexually

15.

Does cross breeding take place between two organisms with the same overlying trait, or two organisms with two different overlying traits?

a)

Two organisms with different overlying traits

b)

Two organisms with the same overlying traits