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unit 7 vocab

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an Austrian monk who's study of garden peas warned him the title "the father of genetics"

a)

gregor mendel

b)

gene

c)

domonant

d)

recessive

2.

study of hereditary

a)

genetics

b)

gene

c)

heredity

d)

phenotype

3.

having two of the same alleles for the same trait

a)

hybrid (pure)

b)

dominant

c)

recessive

d)

phenotype

4.

what is phenotype

a)

the physical characteristics

b)

the combination of alleles

5.
What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?
a)
Pea Plant
b)
Pigeons
c)
Pear trees
d)
Photosynthesis
6.
What do we call the result of the genotype (for example, the color of the peas)?
a)
Visible traits
b)
Physiotrait
c)
Genotype 2
d)
Phenotype
7.
What do we call the table used to calculate the probability of an offspring's genotype?
a)
Punnett square
b)
Venn diagram
c)
Golden ratio
d)
Fibonacci sequence
8.
Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________
a)
Modern Medicine
b)
Father of the Green Revolution
c)
Father of Genitics
d)
The Pea Plant Man
9.
Gregor Mendel was born in what country
a)
Austraila
b)
Austria
c)
Africa
d)
Alaska
10.

Select dominant phenotype.

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

hh

d)

None

11.

Select Recessive traits:

a)

TT

b)

Tt

c)

tt

d)

None

12.

Recessive alleles are written with:

a)

Upper case always

b)

Lower case always

13.

Dd is

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Both

d)

None

14.

An organism with two different alleles for a trait is called

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

15.

An organism with two of the same alleles for a trait is called

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous

16.

True or False: GG and Gg are both examples of heterozygous.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Is TT homozygous or heterozygous

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

18.

Is hh homozygous or heterozygous?

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

19.
How do we represent a purebred genotype?
a)
Two capital letters 
b)
Two lowercase letters 
c)
Two X's
d)
One capital letter and one lowercase letter
20.
What is a genotype?
a)
A list of traits for an offspring
b)
The genes for an animal
c)
A physical characteristic of a plant or animal
d)
A set of letters we use to represent a trait
21.
What is a phenotype?
a)
A physical characteristic of a plant or animal
b)
The study of physics
c)
The genes of a plant or animal
d)
The phylum an animal belongs to
22.
A heterozygous trait...
a)
Has two dominant genotypes 
b)
Has two recessive genotypes 
c)
Has one dominant and one recessive genotype
d)
Is indicated with an "x"