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WorksheetsMendell Lesson and Laws
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is considered the "Father of Genetics?"
a)
James Watson
b)
Francis Crick
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Albert Einstein
2.
True or False: Genetics is the scientific study of heredity.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Gregor Mendel's "P" Generation consisted of plants which were ______________ with opposite traits.
a)
Purebred
b)
Hybrid
c)
Heterozygous
d)
Incompletely Dominant
4.
All offspring plants in the F1 generation were purple because purple is the ______________ trait.
a)
Heterozygous
b)
Homozygous
c)
Dominant
d)
Recessive
5.
A __________ is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait.
a)
Gene
b)
Allele
c)
Codon
d)
Nucleotide
6.
The different forms of a gene are known as _____________.
a)
Codons
b)
Proteins
c)
Alleles
d)
Nucleotides
7.
True or False: Mendel's "Law of Dominance" states that some alleles are dominant which others are recessive.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
How many alleles do you get from each parent?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
23
d)
46
9.
Which of Mendel's laws states that alleles are separated during meiosis?
a)
Law of Dominance
b)
Law of Segregation
c)
Law of Independent Assortment
d)
Law of Meiosis
10.
According to the Law of Segregation, alleles are separated during the process of _____________.
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Osmosis
d)
Translation
11.
Which of Mendel's laws states that alleles are distributed to gametes independent of one another?
a)
Law of Dominance
b)
Law of Segregation
c)
Law of Independent Assortment
d)
Law of Meiosis
12.
Which of the following best describes a GENOTYPE?
a)
The allele/genetic makeup of an organism.
b)
The physical expression of a trait.
13.
Which of the following is an example of a GENOTYPE?
a)
25%
b)
Blue
c)
1:2:1
d)
Bb
14.
Which of the following is an example of a PHENOTYPE?
a)
25%
b)
Blue
c)
1:2:1
d)
Bb
15.
Which of the following is an example of a homozygous dominant genotype?
a)
RR
b)
Rr
c)
rr
16.
Which of the following is an example of a homozygous recessive genotype?
a)
RR
b)
Rr
c)
rr
17.
Which of the following is an example of a heterozygous genotype?
a)
RR
b)
Rr
c)
rr
18.
What is another name for heterozygous?
a)
Hybrid
b)
Purebred
c)
Codominant
d)
Mixed Breed
19.
You cross a purple-flowered plant with a white-flowered plant. What must be true?
a)
The purple parent was heterozygous
b)
The purple parent was homozygous
c)
The purple trait is dominant
d)
The purple trait is recessive
20.
Passing on traits from parents to offspring
a)
Chromosome
b)
Genotype
c)
Heredity
d)
Allele
21.
The study of heredity
a)
Genetics
b)
Genome
c)
Allele
d)
Punnett Square
22.
What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?
a)
Pea Plant
b)
Pigeons
c)
Pear trees
d)
Photosynthesis
23.
What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?
a)
Genesis
b)
Elective traits
c)
Alleles
d)
Quadrants
24.
What do we call the table used to calculate the probability of an offspring's genotype?
a)
Punnett square
b)
Venn diagram
c)
Golden ratio
d)
Fibonacci sequence
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