Lesson 3 Mendel and Genetics

What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________

• Modern Medicine

• Father of the Green Revolution

• Father of Genetics

• The Pea Plant Man

How many traits did Mendel study in his pea plants?

• 1
• 3
• 5
• 7

What is cross pollination?

• When pollen from a flower fertilizes itself or another flower on the same plant
• When pollen from one flower fertilizes a flower on a different plant
• A plant whose offspring share the same traits as the parent
• A plant whose offspring is genetically different from the parent.

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What did Gregor Mendel discovery in the results of his first experiment?

• Only the dominant trait appeared!
• The offspring were all different!
• Only the recessive trait appeared!
• The plants were more healthy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A trait that is expressed over other traits.

• Recessive
• Co-dominant
• Incomplete Dominant
• Dominant

A trait that is not expressed when a dominant allele is present.

• Recessive
• Co-dominant
• Incomplete Dominant
• Dominant

What was the first generation of plants called that resulted from crossing the two parent plants?

• F1

• F2

• P

The children of the F1

• F2

• P