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The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring is called:
a) heredity
b) genes
c) fertilization
d) hybridization
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes is a:
a) gene
b) chromosome
c) trait
d) DNA
The joining of a sperm and egg is:
a) fertilization
b) hybridization
c) genetic crossing
d) probability
In Mendel's cross for stem height, what contrasting traits did the pea plants in the P generation exhibit?
a) fat and thin
b) purple and white
c) rough and smooth
d) tall and short
What trait(s) did the plants in the F1 generation of Mendel's experiment exhibit?
a) 100% tall
b) 25% tall and 75% short
c) 75% tall and 25% short
d) 50% tall and 50% short
What trait(s) did the plants in the F2 generation of Mendel's experiment exhibit?
a) 75% short and 75% tall
b) 75% tall and 25% short
c) all tall
d) all short
What is a dominant allele?
a) one whose trait may be masked when other alleles are present
b) chromosomes
c) the trait that you notice first
d) one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
What is a recessive allele?
a) chromosomes
b) the trait that you isn't noticeable
c) trait may be masked when other alleles are present
d) one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
The different forms of a gene are called:
a) alleles
b) phenotypes
c) genotypes
d) chromosomes
An organism with 2 identical alleles for a trait is
a) homozygous
b) heterozygous
c) recessive
d) dominant
What happened to Mendel's plants when he crossed purebred tall peas with purebred short peas?
a) 3:4 were tall and 1:4 were short
b) 1:2 were tall and 1:2 were short
c) all of them were short
d) all of them were tall
What does the F in F1 generation stand for?
a) family
b) filial in Latin which means daughter/son
c) final
d) first
What does the P stand for in Parental Generation?
a) prime generation
b) pea generation
c) parental generation
d) possible generation
What did Mendel do in order to prevent self-pollination in his pea plants?
a) He didn't do anything. Pea plants can't self-pollinate.
b) He removed the pollen producing structure (stamen).
c) He planted each plant in a different area of the garden.
d) He added a chemical which prevented fertilization.
If an allele is represented by a capital letter, what does this indicate?
a) It always comes first.
b) It is on a chromosome.
c) It is a recessive allele.
d) It is a dominant allele.
What is the result of a cross of a hybrid tall pea plant and a purebred tall pea plant?
a) all tall
b) 3/4 tall and 1/4 short
c) 1/2 tall and 1/2 short
d) all short
If an organism is the product of many generations that have the same trait, then that organism is:
a) purebred
b) hybrid
c) genetically perfect
d) fertilized
Which is NOT true of a hybrid.
a) Its genotype contains one capital and one small letter.
b) Its phenotype is the dominant trait
c) It is purebred.
d) It is heterozygous.
Gregor Mendel is sometimes refered to as:
a) the monk-key
b) the father of genetics
c) Pea Picker
d) monk of peas
If you crossed two hybrid tall pea plants, what phenotypes would be produced?
a) 1/4 TT, 1/2 Tt, and 1/4 tt
b) all tall
c) 75% tall and 25% short
d) all Tt
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