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2-Punnett Square

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A green pea plant (Gg) is crossed with a yellow pea plant (gg). Describe the genotype of the offspring.

a)

50% heterozygous and 25% homozygous recessive

b)

50% heterozygous and 50% homozygous recessive

c)

100% homozygous recessive

d)

25% heterozygous and 50% homozygous

2.

What are the possible genotypes for this cross?

a)

TT = 25% Tt= 50% tt=25%

b)

all tall

c)

TT= 75% tt = 25%

d)

Tt = 100%

3.

If brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes, what would be the parent genotypes if two heterozygous brown eyed persons were crossed?

a)

BB and bb

b)

BB and Bb

c)

Bb and Bb

d)

bb and Bb

4.

In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t). Draw a punnett square and perform the following cross: Tt x Tt

What is the probability of producing a short plant?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

5.

What genotype would go in box 2? And is it Homozygous or Heterozygous?

a)

BB Heterozygous

b)

Bb Heterozygous

c)

bb Homozygous

d)

Bb Homozygous

6.

Which of the following must be the father's genotype?

a)

RR

b)

Rr

c)

rr

7.
A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
8.
A green pea plant (Gg) is crossed with a yellow pea plant (gg). Describe the genotype of the offspring. (Be sure to remember that the capital letter is dominant).
a)
50% heterozygous and 25% homozygous recessive
b)
50% heterozygous and 50% homozygous recessive
c)
100% homozygous recessive
d)
25% heterozygous and 50% homozygous
9.
Which of the following is homozygous dominant?
a)
Jj
b)
Rr
c)
MM
d)
ee
10.
Which of the following is homozygous recessive?
a)
rr
b)
AA
c)
TT
d)
Ff
11.

What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

0%

d)

100%

12.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be green (G)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

13.

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what percentage?

a)

25%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

0%

14.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

15.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow (g)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

16.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be green?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

17.

What is the probability that the offspring will have blue eyes?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

18.

If b stands for blue, what is the percentage that the offspring will have blue eyes?

a)

35%

b)

50%

c)

65%

d)

100%

19.

Which trait is dominant?

a)

purple

b)

white

20.

A tall pine tree (Tt) is crossed with a tall pine tree (Tt). What is the likelihood that an offspring could be short?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

21.

A tall pine tree (Tt) is crossed with a tall pine tree (Tt). What is the likelihood that an offspring could be short?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

22.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be green (G)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

23.

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

a)

capital letter

b)

lowercase letter

24.
What allele combination should go in the missing box?
a)
AA
b)
Aa
c)
aa
d)
none of these
25.

AA and Aa will both show up as ___________________ traits.

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

26.

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what percentage?

a)

25%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

0%

27.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

28.
Which characteristic is inherited?
a)
hair color
b)
sleeping late
c)
enjoying hiking
d)
loving to read
29.

Traits are passed on from one living thing to another through

a)

DNA

b)

blood

c)

minerals

d)

calories

30.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be yellow (g)?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

31.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will be green?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

32.

What is the likelihood that the offspring will have brown eyes (B)?

a)

0%

b)

100%

33.

What is the probability that the offspring will have blue eyes?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

34.

If b stands for blue, what is the percentage that the offspring will have blue eyes?

a)

35%

b)

50%

c)

65%

d)

100%

35.

Which trait is dominant?

a)

purple

b)

white

36.

A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a short plant (tt). All of the offspring will be ____________.

a)

tall

b)

short

37.

A tall pine tree (Tt) is crossed with a tall pine tree (Tt). What is the likelihood that an offspring could be short?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

38.

A tall pine tree (Tt) is crossed with a tall pine tree (Tt). What is the likelihood that an offspring would be tall?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

39.

Round seeds are dominant (R). Wrinkled seeds are recessive (r). What is the likelihood that this offspring is round (R)?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

40.

Round seeds are dominant (R). Wrinkled seeds are recessive (r). What is the likelihood that this offspring is wrinkled (r)?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

41.

Why is DNA important?

a)

it is very small and very complicated

b)

it's in everything that's not alive

c)

it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

d)

because we eat it every day for energy

42.
What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
0%
d)
100%
43.
In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?
a)
rr
b)
R
c)
RR
d)
RR or Rr
44.
What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 
a)
50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 
b)
25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 
c)
75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 
d)
0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 
45.
Heterozygous is when...
a)
the alleles are the same
b)
the alleles are different
c)
the alleles are absent
d)
the alleles are present
46.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes