Heredity Section 1

__________ studies how traits are inherited though the interactions of alleles.

• A)Genetics

• B)Mitosis

• C)Probability

• D)Regeneration

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Which process separates chromosomes?

• A)meiosis

• B)pedigree

• C)inheritance

• D)chemosynthesis

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Which topic in mathematics did Mendel use to help explain heredity?

• A)algebra

• B)calculus

• C)probability

• D)geometry

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Which of these is an organism that produces the same traits in every generation?

• A)a purebred

• B)a hybrid

• C)a pea plant

• D)a chromosome

__________ is the process Mendel used to pollinate flowers of short plants with pollen from tall plants.

• A)Polygenic inheritance

• B)Genetics

• C)Cross-pollination

• D)Mitosis

Which is a tool that is used to predict genetic crosses?

• A)a slide rule

• B)a tally sheet

• C)a Venn diagram

• D)a Punnett square

Mendel's pea plants were __________ for the tall-dominant trait.

• A)heterozygous

• B)pedigrees

• C)homozygous

• D)variable

Which of these describes how an organism looks?

• A)its probability

• B)its phenotype

• C)its hybrid

• D)its zygosity

Where are the alleles for each parent written when using a Punnett square?

• A)across the top and along the side of the grid

• B)in the top two squares of the grid

• C)in the bottom two squares of the grid

• D)only at the bottom of the grid

Which of the following is Heterozygous?

• Two of the same recessive allele (aa)
• Two of the same dominant allele (AA)
• Two different alleles (Aa)
• Two different genes (AB)