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chpt 3 study guide

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what step did Mendel take to be sure that his pea plants cross-pollinated?

a)

he used two withe plants

b)

he removed the anthers of one plant

c)

he added anthers to both plants

d)

he used plants that were not true breeding

2.

what happens when a true-breeding plant self-pollinates?

a)

one of its offspring has the same traits as the parent

b)

some of its offspring have the same traits as the parent

c)

all of its offspring have the same traits as the parent

d)

none of its offspring have the same traits as the parents

3.

why were ratios important in Mendel's work

a)

they showed that heredity does not follow a set pattern

b)

they showed that some traits are never passed on

c)

they showed the relationship between two different things

d)

they showed that some recessive traits are really dominate

4.

a plant with two dominant OR two recessive alleles is said to be...

a)

heterozygous

b)

cross-pollinating

c)

homozygous

d)

true-breeding

5.

asexual reproduction relates to human in that

a)

non of our body cells reproduce this way

b)

many body cells reproduce this way

c)

the parents cells do not divide

d)

meiosis occurs

6.

how are sex cells different from other human cells

a)

sex cells have more chromosomes

b)

sex cells have half as many chromosomes

c)

sex cells are larger

d)

sex cells have no chromosomes

7.

what are homologous chromosomes

a)

chromosomes that carry the same set of genes

b)

chromosomes that carry different sets of genes

c)

chromosomes that are small

d)

chromosomes that are large

8.

the one thing that Gregor Mendel realized could explain the results of his experiments was that

a)

the traits were appearing at random

b)

the male traits were always the dominate ones

c)

each trait had two sets of instructions, one from each parent

d)

his important research would open the door to modern genetics

9.

the different forms of a gene that decide a characteristic are known as...

a)

alleles

b)

phenotypes

c)

albinism

d)

genes

10.

which one of the following is the name of the way cells divide in asexual reproduction

a)

twins

b)

mitiois

c)

meiosis

d)

homologous

11.

this diagram is used to trace a trait through generations of a family

a)

pedigree

b)

meiosis

c)

generation square

d)

ur mom

12.

Sex-linked disorders are caused by males having...

a)

only X chromosomes

b)

two Y chromosomes

c)

two X chromosomes

d)

one X and one Y chromosomes

13.

when there is incomplete dominance,

a)

one allele has more influence than the others

b)

each allele has its own degree of influence

c)

the alleles have no influence

d)

there are no alleles present

14.

what kind of plant produces offspring with the same trait as the parent

a)

self-pollinating

b)

cross-pollination

c)

true-breeding

d)

nonbreeding

15.

what do you call one set of instructions for an inherited trait

a)

alleles

b)

phenotype

c)

albinism

d)

genes

16.

offspring that are different from both parents are produced by

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

something going wrong

c)

sexual reproduction

d)

mitosis

17.

what is heredity

a)

traits passing from offspring to parents

b)

traits passing from parents to offspring

c)

plants that are cross-pollinated

d)

that ratio of dominate to recessive traits

18.

what is Mendel's ratio for dominant to recessive traits

a)

1 to 1

b)

2 to 1

c)

3 to 1

d)

4 to 1

19.

what is a phenotype

a)

the way an organism feels

b)

a group of 5 alleles

c)

a dominant gene

d)

the way an organism looks

20.

what is it called when cells are copied with half the number of chromosomes

a)

sex cells

b)

meiosis

c)

nucleus

d)

mitosis

21.

when one trait is not completely dominate over another

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

Punnett square

e)

probability

22.

a way to organize possible offspring combinations

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

probability

e)

Punnett Square

23.

an organism's appearance

a)

pheotype

b)

genotype

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

Punnett square

e)

proability

24.

the entire genetic makeup of an organism

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

punnett square

e)

probability

25.

the mathematical chance that something will happen

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

compliment dominance

d)

punnett square

e)

probability

26.

when each allele has its own degree of dominance

a)

self-pollinating

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

sex cells

d)

true-breeding plants

27.

when all offspring that have same traits as parent

a)

self-pollinating

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

sex cells

d)

true-breeding plants

28.

made during meiosis

a)

self-pollinating

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

sex cells

d)

true-breeding plants

29.

a plant that fertilizes itself

a)

self-pollinating

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

sex cells

d)

true-breeding plants

30.

trait doesn't appear in each generation

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

31.

always in generation 1

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

32.

happens when parents with different traits are breed

a)

recessive

b)

dominate