Genetics

Who is Gregor Mendel

• an Austrian Monk from the mid 1800s who contributed to the study of Genetics

• The scientist who discovered the structure of DNA

• a British scientist who discovered penicillin

• The scientist who used X-Ray Crystallography to shed light on the structure of DNA

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What did Gregor Mendel study?

• Mold Spores

• Pea Plants

• Sun Flowers

• Rats

a distinguishing quality or characteristic of an organism

• trait

• personality

• cell

• DNA

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Long ago, people thought that an organism’s ________________ were determined in the same way that paint colors can be mixed.

• genes

• DNA

• characteristics

• families

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The belief of traits mixing in offspring is called:

• inheritance

• genetics

• mutation

• blending inheritance

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The branch of science that studies inheritance is:

• Biology

• Life Science

• DNA Studies

• Genetics

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The passing of traits from parents to their offspring is called:

• Genetics

• Inheritance

• Blending

• Pollination

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Why did Mendel choose peas to work with with? (Check all that apply)

• They reproduced quickly

• The traits were easily observed

• The peas served as food for the monastary

• He could control which plants he reproduced

Pollination occurs when pollen lands on the pistil of a flower.

• True

• False

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__________________ occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the SAME plant.

• Cross Pollination

• Self Pollination