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WorksheetsMendelian Genetics
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Genetics is the study of
heredity
pea plants
viruses
Mendel
Heredity describes how ______ are passed down from parents to offspring.
traits
food & water
inheritance & money
diseases
Another word for trait is
characteristic
treat
genes
jeans
Mendel studied genetics by cross-pollinating the traits of these types of plants.
peas
beans
celery
cactus
When Mendel crossed true-breeding purple-flowered plants with white-flowered plants, all the offspring had what coloured plants?
purple
white
pink
blue
This is because the allele for purple plants is...
dominant
recessive
The allele for white flowers is...
dominant
recessive
The physical description of an organism's trait is
phenotype
genotype
homozygous
heterozygous
The combination of alleles that an individual has is
phenotype
genotype
homozygous
heterozygous
When an individual has two of the SAME alleles for a trait, the genotype is
phenotype
genotype
homozygous
heterozygous
When an individual has two DIFFERENT alleles for a trait, the genotype is
phenotype
genotype
homozygous
heterozygous
A pea plant has the alleles "BB" for the purple flower trait. This genotype is
homozygous dominant
homozygous recessive
heterozygous
A pea plant has the alleles "bb" for the purple flower trait. This genotype is
homozygous dominant
homozygous recessive
heterozygous
A pea plant has the alleles "Bb" for the purple flower trait. This genotype is
homozygous dominant
homozygous recessive
heterozygous
