Intro to Mendel

Question 1

The branch of biology that studies how characteristics are passed from parent to offspring?

Accepted Answer

genetics

Question 2

Why was Mendel lucky he chose to study pea plants?

Accepted Answer

they only have 2 forms for each trait

Question 3

All humans have the same alleles

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What is the phenotype of a TT plant?

Accepted Answer

Tall

Question 5

If you cross TtRr x TtRr, what phenotype probability will you see?

Accepted Answer

9:3:3:1

Question 6

Which law states that alleles occur in pairs, so each gamete gets one member of each pair ?

Accepted Answer

Law of Segregation

Question 7

The passing of characteristics from parent to offspring?

Accepted Answer

Heredity

Question 8

What does EE represent

Accepted Answer

homozygous dominant

Question 9

Mendel's "factors" are now called...

Accepted Answer

genes

Question 10

If you cross two heterozygous tall plants, what phenotype ratio will you see?

Accepted Answer

3 tall: 1 short

Question 11

A gene choice that is masked by another choice for a trait is?

Accepted Answer

recessive

Question 12

Self-fertilization produces seeds with genetic information from ____ parent plants.

Accepted Answer

one

Question 13

What does Ee represent?

Accepted Answer

heterozygous

Question 14

Who is the "father" of genetics?

Accepted Answer

Gregor Mendel

Question 15

A gene choice that masks another choice for a trait is?

Accepted Answer

dominant

Question 16

An organism that always produces offspring identical to itself if self-fertilized is?

Accepted Answer

pure breeding

Question 17

Crossing organisms from the F1 generation produces the ________ generation.

Accepted Answer

F2

Question 18

What does ee represent?

Accepted Answer

homozygous recessive

Question 19

If you cross TTRR x ttrr , what is the genotype probability?

Accepted Answer

100% TtRr

Question 20

Will you study and pass this quiz?

Accepted Answer

Of Course!

Question 21

Alleles move random and independent of each other, creating many different combinations

Accepted Answer

Law of Independent Assortment

Question 22

All humans have the same genes

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 22