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The Work of Gregor Mendel

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In terms of genetics, what does inheritance mean?

a)

The act or process of receiving something from a previous generation

b)

When an organism makes gametes

c)

The young creation of living organisms, produced either by a single organism

d)

Is an initial stage of development of a multicellular organism

2.

Where was Gregor Mendel from?

a)

Denmark

b)

Czech Republic

c)

Norway

d)

Sweden

3.

What type of plants did he use to carry out his experiments?

a)

Green Bean Plant

b)

White narcissums

c)

Orchids

d)

Pea plants

4.

What was Gregor Mendel's real job, before carrying out his experiment?

a)

Philosophy teacher

b)

He was a monk

c)

Father of a church

d)

Farmer

5.

How many traits did Mendel take into account to study plant inheritance?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

6.

Which of these options was not a trait studied by Mendel?

a)

Pod

b)

Stem

c)

Seed

d)

Petals

7.

What was the ratio in the F2 generation of his experiment?

a)

2:1

b)

3:1

c)

4:1

d)

1:1

8.

Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?
"F1 plants carried both traits, even though they only expressed one."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?
"Mendel found that the features were not inherited independently."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

In what year did Mendel present the results of his experiments?

a)

1865-1866

b)

1856-1857

c)

1822-1823

d)

1883-1884

11.

Could we say that the dominant form could mask the presence of the recessive form?

a)

No, because despite having the traits in the phenotype, they are not shown in the genotype.

b)

No, because being dominant will only show the true-breed genes.

c)

Yes, because despite having the traits in the genotype, they are not shown in the phenotype.

d)

Yes, because they can show both traits at the same time (both the recessive and the dominant one).

12.

Is how Gregor Mendel carried out experimentation on plants considered asexual reproduction?

a)

Yes, it is asexual reproduction because it didn't happen naturally.

b)

No, because he used the male and female cells to fertilize the flowers.

c)

Yes, because plants do not have sex to reproduce.

d)

No, this type of experiment is called self-pollination.

13.

This term refers to the state of having inherited the same DNA sequence for a specific gene.

a)

Allele

b)

Homozygous

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Recessive

14.

This term means you’ve inherited different alleles of a gene from each of your parents.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Homozygous

d)

Dominant

15.

These are versions or alternative forms of the same gene with small differences in their DNA sequences.

a)

Allele

b)

Genome

c)

Dominance

d)

Genotype