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Genetics and Gregor Mendel

Authored by Dennis Washington

Science

8th Grade

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Genetics and Gregor Mendel
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Known as the father of modern genetics:

Watson

Crick

Darwin

Mendel

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Mendel pick pea plant to study

He used pea plants because they grow everywhere

He used pea plants because they grow quickly and have many traits to examine.

He used pea plant because they are resistance to plagues.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mendel discovered:

all traits of offspring come from one parent

traits of offspring were caused by the environment.

traits are passed on from parents to offspring

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is known as the "Father of Genetics" for the work he did with pea plants?

Charles Darwin

Gregor Mendel

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of organism did Mendel use to study genetics?

fruit flies

dogs

potato plants

pea plants

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Are recessive traits shown with capital or lowercase letters? 

Capital
Lowercase

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The physical appearance or the way a gene looks is known as it's....

genotype

phenotype

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