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WorksheetsMendelian Genetics Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who was Gregor Mendel?
The Father of Evolution
The Father of Modern Genetics
Discovered Mendelism
He is a mystical being
What ground breaking work in science did Gregor Mendel do?
He was an Austrian monk
He bred pea plants together and came up with this idea of traits
He came up with the idea of Natural Selection
Mystical being
How are traits passed down from parents to offspring?
RNA
Proteins
DNA
How could albino animals be born to parents that are not albinos?
Recessive genes
They cant, it is impossible
Mutation
Recessive genes and mutations
An example of a HETEROZYGOUS genotype is
ff
FF
Ff
Fd
EE or Ee is an example of which type of genotype?
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Dominant
Recessive
What is the genotype for the DOMINANT form(s) for earlobes?
ee
EE
Ee
EE and Ee
What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?
Thymine
Guanine
Adenine
Cytosine
How is the structure of DNA described as?
Single stranded
A circle
A swirl
Double helix
Which scientists are most famous for discovering the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
Charles Darwin
Rosalind Franklin
Avery
The physical appearance of an organism is
genotype
phenotype
trait
gene
What is the purpose of the Punnett Square?
to show the possible offspring of two parents
to show existing offpsring of two parents
Homozygous means having two alleles that are the same
True
False
The passage of genetic material from parents to offspring is
(a)
What is the acronym for Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
(a)
