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Mendelian Review Session

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a genotype?

a)

Tg

b)

Tt

c)

Tall

d)

Short

2.

Which of the following is a "Heterozygous" genotype?

a)

GG

b)

gg

c)

Gg

3.

Which of the following is a "Homozygous" gentoype?

a)

Rr

b)

rR

c)

rr

4.

In Pea plants, the allele for yellow seeds (Y) is dominant over the allele for green seeds (y).


Take out scrap paper and cross the following parents in a Punnett Square:


Parent 1: Yy

Parent 2: yy


What chance do these parents have of producing a Homozygous recessive offspring (yy)?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

5.

According to this Genetic Cross (Punnett Square), the possibility of these parent plants producing a short plant is:

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

25%

d)

0%

e)

100%

6.

In a certain species of rat, big ears (B) is dominant over small ears (b). If a homozygous big ear rat is crossed with a small ear rat, the genotype of the F1 generation will most likely be:


*Make a Punnett Square*

a)

25% BB, 50% Bb, and 25% bb

b)

50% BB and 50% bb

c)

100% Bb

d)

75% Bb and 25% bb

7.

In humans, free-ear lobes (F) is dominant over attached ear lobes (f). If two free-ear lobed parents produce an attached ear lobe baby, the genotypes of the parents are most likely:


* Make a Punnett Square for each combo*

a)

FF and FF

b)

Ff and ff

c)

Ff and Ff

d)

FF and Ff

8.

In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant over green seeds. If two plants, both heterozygous for seed color, are crossed, their possible offspring would be expected to have:


*Make a Punnett Square, use any letter you'd like*

a)

three different genotypes and three different colors

b)

three different genotypes and two different colors

c)

two different genotypes and three different colors

d)

four different genotypes and two different colors

9.

When two phenotypes seem to "blend together" we call this type of inheritance:

a)

Dominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Codominance

10.

When two different phenotypes are both "expressed at the same time", we call this type of inheritance:

a)

Dominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Codominance