Ch. 4 Life Science Quiz A

What is the name of the Austrian monk who studied the principals of heredity in the early 1860s?

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Reginald Punnett

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Which notation could be used to represent the recessive allele for green pea seeds?

• G

• g

A Punnett square determines

• which genotype an offspring will have

• which phenotype an offspring will have

• how likely an offspring is to have a certain genotype

• how many offspring are produced

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An Rr artic fox mates with another Rr fox. What genotype(s) would you expect the pups to have?

• all Rr

• some RR and some Rr

• some Rr and some rr

• some RR, Rr, and rr

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A cross of purebred parents with different traits may result in some offspring with the recessive trait.

• True

• False

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The way an organism looks, or the traits its genes EXPRESS is called its genotype.

• True

• False

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The dominate trait that is always expressed in a hybrid plant is called a simple dominance.

• True

• False

An offspring with a mix of alleles for a specific character is called a hybrid.

• True

• False

Mendel bred _______ and studied heredity of characteristics of different generations.

• cows

• ostrich

• pea plants

• platypus

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During the turtle dissection, did Mrs. Leamon regret Titus cutting open the stomach?

• Yes

• No