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Mendel and genetics

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the "Father of Genetics" for the work he did with pea plants?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Benjamin Franklin

2.

What is an allele?

a)

a chemical found in DNA

b)

a certain form of a gene that can be recessive or dominant

c)

a physical trait

d)

a pair of chromosomes

3.

A dominant allele.....

a)

is expressed half of the time

b)

is never expressed

c)

is expressed in homozygous dominant and heterozygous individuals

d)

is only expressed in homozygous individuals

4.

If two white mice are bred together (white fur is a recessive trait), what must be true of their offspring?

a)

they will all be white

b)

they could be either white or black

c)

they will all be black

d)

they are likely to be half white and half black

5.

What term denotes the physical expression of a gene?

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

appearance

d)

homologous

6.

Which of the following would produce a recessive phenotype?

a)

hh

b)

Rr

c)

Ww

d)

BB

7.

Which of the these is homozygous?

a)

gg

b)

Yy

c)

Nn

d)

Ee

8.

What organism did Mendel study?

a)

pea plants

b)

onions

c)

mice

d)

cats

9.
Dominant alleles are represented by a:
a)
Male gene
b)
lowercase letter
c)
recessive trait
d)
capital letter
10.
Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________
a)
predators to prey
b)
water to rain
c)
parents to offspring
d)
fungi to protists
11.
___________________________ is the field of science that studies of how traits are passed on, or inherited.
a)
dominant traits
b)
ratio
c)
phenotype
d)
genetics
12.
What is a gene?
a)
An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
b)
a piece of clothing
c)
a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
d)
Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait
13.

Which of the following is a genetic trait?

a)

time

b)

temperature

c)

eye color

d)

diet