Mendel & Genetics

Genetics is:

• The study of heredity and genes
• how we pass traits to our kids
• The study of pea plants
• a class you take in college

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Mendel did his genetic studies on:

• purple flowers
• pea plants
•  tall plants
• white flowers

Mendel liked to use pea plants because he could:

• grow them during the winter
• decide what color they would be
• control how tall they grew
• control their pollination

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What happened when Mendel crossed a purple-flowered pea plant with a white-flowered pea plant in the first offspring?

• Half were purple, half were white
• All of them were white
• All of them were purple
• They were pink

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What were the results when the first offspring of purple flowers were crossed again?

• All of them were purple
• All of them were white
• 75% white, 25% purple
• 75% purple, 25% white

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In Mendel's flower experiment, what was Dominant?

• white flowers
• purple flowers
• pink flowers
• purple and white were dominant

If one trait "covers" up another trait, the trait that covers the other is said to be:

• Dominant
• Heterozygous
• Recessive
• Hidden

The Father of Genetics is:

• Mendel Gregor
• Howie Mendel
• George Mendel
• Gregor Mendel

The trait is that is hidden is referred to as the ________ trait:

• hidden
• Dominant
• Recessive
• discreet

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Which of the following is NOT a trait you can inherit?

• your athletic ability
• your eye color
• your hairstyle
• your height

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