Genetics Review

Mendel observed all of the following traits of pea plants to come up with his theory on genetics, EXCEPT... 

• Color
• Height
• Taste
• Pod shape

Gregor Mendel was a monk who studied pea plants to make discoveries about genetics. What country did he study pea plants in?

• Australia
• Ireland
• Poland
• Austria

Most traits come from __________________.

• one gene
• Atlanta
• a team of genes working together
• the father

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Gregor Mendel has become known as "_____________________."

• The Father of Genetics
• Mr. Pea Plants
• a pretty weird guy
• The King of Heredity

The theory that parent traits are mixed together to form an offspring with traits somewhere in between.
(Mendel worked to disprove this theory.)

• Paint Spill Heredity Theory
• Blending Theory of Inheritance
• Theory of Blended Families
• Theory of Genetics

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What is a genome?

• One of those little guys that lives in the forest.

• The entire collection of an organism's genetic material.

• The specific genetic part that expresses physical traits.

• The part of a gene that accounts for human emotions.

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Which of these is an example of a phenotype?

• Bb

• blue eyes

• Alleles inherited by an individual

• Chromosomes

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What are Punnett Squares used for?

• To tell us exactly what offspring will look like.

• To give us a percentage that an offspring will express a certain trait.

• To map an entire human genome.

• To create hilarious puns that make us all laugh, laugh, laugh.

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A homozygous dominant combination of alleles looks like this:

• BB
• bb
• Bb
• rr

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Mendel chose to use pea plants in his experiments for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• Pea plants were expensive so no one else could get them.

• Pea plants were common.

• Pea plants had easily observable traits.

• Pea plants reproduced and grew quickly.