Heredity

When two pea plants with Tt genotypes are cross-bred, how many short (tt) plants will there most likely be in the new generation

• out of 4

• out of 2

• out of 6

• out of 8

The "Tt"s in this Punnett square represent:

• Tall pea plants

• Female pea plants

• Medium-sized pea plants

• Short pea plants

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Which term best describes how Mendel conducted his experiments?

• Occasionally

• Carelessly

• Carefully

• Quickly

If a brown-eyed mother and a blue-eyed father have four children, three will probably have brown eyes. What can you conclude from this?

• Brown eyes are a successful trait

• Brown eyes are a submissive trait

• Brown eyes are a recessive trait

• Brown eyes are a dominant trait

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What can you conclude about one of Mendel's short pea plants?

• It had one dominant and one recessive gene

• It had a pair of recessive genes

• It had a pair of dominant genes

• It had no recessive genes

What did Gregor Mendel and Reginald Punnett have in common?

• They were both monks

• They both lived during the 20th century

• They both experimented with pea plants

• They both lived in Germany

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Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants in order to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?

• Pea plants grow quickly

• Pea plants are ultraviolet

• Pea plants are rare and expensive

• Pea plants are take years to grow

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid

• Genetic Tic Tac Toe

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree Plot

___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits

• ratio

• phenotype

• genetics

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One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait

• aggressive trait

• absent trait

• dominant trait