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WorksheetsMendel and Heredity
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring?
Heredity
Genetics
Traits
Mendelian
What is the study of heredity?
Genetics
Mendel
Pea plants
Genes
Who was Gregor Mendel? (Select ALL that apply)
father of genetics
Austrian monk
Egyptian scientist
Austrian scientist
3 reasons pea plants are ideal for genetic studies
reproduce quickly
easily observed traits
easily controlled to pollinate
easily separated
When Mendel did a manual cross between plants with white flowers and plants with purple flowers he was:
self-pollinating
cross-pollinating
making offspring for consumption
When Mendel pollinated the pea plants, what flower color options were there?
red and green
purple and white
purple and blue
white and pink
Another name for the offspring from two plants cross pollinating.
hybrid
homozygous dominate
homozygous recessive
true
How can you find the ratio of offspring?
divide the number of recessive genes by the number of dominant genes
divide the number of dominant genes by the number of recessive genes
multiply the dominant and recessive genese
add the dominant and recessive genes together
What is the role of DNA in heredity?
It stores all genetic information
It provides energy to cells
It builds cell membranes
A physical feature that has different forms in a population of organisms
Characteristic
Probability
Genotype
Allele
These chromosomes that carry the same set of genes.
Homologous Chromosomes
Heterozygous
Genotype
Heterozygous
This mathematical term is the likelihood/chance that a possible future event will occur.
Probability
Characteristic
Allele
Heredity
When parents with two different traits have an offspring, this trait reappears in the second generation (i.e. their grandchildren) after disappearing in the first generation (i.e., their children).
Genotype
Phenotype
Recessive Trait
Dominant Trait
When parents that have different traits have an offspring, this trait will always appear in their children (the first generation).
Genotype
Phenotype
Recessive Trait
Dominant Trait
A set of instructions for an inherited trait
Allele
Gene
Trait
Chromosome
What did Gregor Mendel spend many hours doing in the monastery garden?
Observing plants
Praying
Reading books
Writing letters
What are physical characteristics of an organism?
Alleles
Genotypes
Genes
Traits
Brown Eyes: Trait or Gene?
Trait
Gene
Chromosome: Gene or Trait?
Gene
Trait
Hand Clasping: Gene or Trait?
Gene
Trait
