WorksheetsHeredity and Gregor Mendel
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What did Gregor Mendel spend many hours doing in the monastery garden?
Observing plants
Praying
Reading books
Writing letters
What did Mendel notice about the growth of plants in the garden?
They grew in unpredictable ways
They grew in highly predictable ways
They grew taller than expected
They grew shorter than expected
What is heredity?
The passing of traits from parent to offspring
The growth of plants in a garden
The observation of plants in a monastery
The mixing of purebred and impurebred plants
What did Mendel discover when he mixed purebred tall and purebred short peas?
They produced medium height peas
They produced only tall peas
They produced only short peas
They produced a mix of tall and short peas
What are different forms of genes called?
Traits
Alleles
Genotypes
Phenotypes
What is the genotype of an organism?
The observable traits
The hidden traits
The dominant allele
The possibilities for each trait
What is a recessive allele?
An allele that is visible
An allele that is dominant
An allele that is hidden
An allele that is expressed
What can a Punnett Square be used for?
Calculating the chance of having a certain trait
Mixing purebred and impurebred plants
Observing the growth of plants
Passing on recessive alleles
What did Mendel's discovery change about how we thought about heredity?
It explained the inheritance of red hair
It explained the growth of plants
It explained the mixing of purebred and impurebred plants
It explained the passing on of hidden traits
What is Gregor Mendel often referred to as?
The Father of Genetics
The Father of Heredity
The Father of Plants
The Father of Science
