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Mendel's Laws of Heredity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring

a)

Heredity

b)

trait

c)

gamete

d)

pollination

2.

Characteristics that are inherited

a)

gametes

b)

zygote

c)

traits

d)

hybrid

3.

The branch of biology that studies heredity

a)

law of independent assortment

b)

heredity

c)

genetics

d)

law of segregation

4.

male and female sex cells

a)

gametes

b)

alleles

c)

heterozygous

d)

traits

5.

transfer of pollen grains from a male reproductive organ to a female reproductive organ

a)

pollination

b)

fertilization

c)

heredity

d)

hybrid

6.

A fertilized egg cell

a)

zygote

b)

gamete

c)

hybrid

d)

genotype

7.

offspring of parents that have different forms of the trait

a)

hybrid

b)

homozygous

c)

heterozygous

d)

genotype

8.

observed trait when both are present

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

c)

hybrid

d)

heterozygous

9.

every individual has two alleles of each gene and when gametes are produced, each gamete receives one of these alleles

a)

law of segregation

b)

law of independent assortment

c)

law of the west

d)

constitutional law

10.

the way an organism looks or behaves

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

homozygous

d)

heterozygous

11.

The allele combination an organism contains

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

hybrid

d)

heterozygous

12.

An organism is ______ for a trait if its two alleles for the trait are the same

a)

homozygous

b)

heterozygous

c)

hybrid

d)

gamete

13.

An organism is ______ for a trait if its two alleles for the trait differ from each other

a)

heterozygous

b)

homozygous

c)

hybrid

d)

dominant

14.

different traits are inherited independently of each other

a)

law of independent assortment

b)

law of segregation

c)

inheritance law

d)

law of gravity

15.

every individual has two alleles of each gene and when gametes are produced, each gamete receives one of these alleles

a)

law of independent assortment

b)

law of segregation

c)

law of gravity

d)

law of inertia