Honors Quiz: Inheritance and Probability

Honors Quiz: Inheritance and Probability

9th - 11th Grade

18 Qs

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Honors Quiz: Inheritance and Probability

Honors Quiz: Inheritance and Probability

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 11th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-2, MS-LS4-2

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Tt for the trait of plant height?

a homozygous genotype

a heterozygous genotype

a homozygous phenotype

a heterozygous phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes an organism that has identical alleles for a trait?

homozygous

heterozygous

dominant

recessive

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The offspring of a particular cross are 100 percent heterozygous for the trait of plant height. What were the most likely genotypes of the parents?

Tt x tt

Tt x Tt

tt x tt

TT x tt

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mendel crossed two plants that were heterozygous for the trait of flower color. Which genotypes could he have used to represent the cross?

PP x PP

Pp x Pp

pp x pp

Pp x PP

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In pea plants, tallness (T) is dominant to shortness (t). What are the predicted percentages of the genotypes of the offspring if a homozygous short plant is crossed with a heterozygous tall plant?

25 percent Tt, 75 percent tt

25 percent tall, 75 percent short

50 percent Tt, 50 percent tt

50 percent tall, 50 percent short

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes the physical characteristics of an organism?

gene

allele

genotype

phenotype

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Punnett square predicts the ratio of genotypes in the offspring, based on the genotypes of the parents. In this cross, tallness (H) is dominant to shortness (h).


Based on the Punnett square, what is the phenotype of the offspring?

Hh

HH

tall

short

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