- 1. Gregor Mendel is known as the father of what field of study?
A) Botany B) Genetics C) Astronomy D) Physics
- 2. In what year did Gregor Mendel publish his work on genetics?
A) 2000 B) 1866 C) 1900 D) 1800
- 3. What term is used to describe the unit of heredity Mendel studied?
A) Chromosome B) Protein C) Nucleus D) Gene
- 4. What is the term for an organism's genetic makeup?
A) Heredity B) Mutation C) Phenotype D) Genotype
- 5. Which of the following describes a genotype with two different alleles for a gene?
A) Heterozygous B) Recessive C) Homozygous D) Dominant
- 6. Mendel demonstrated that traits are inherited independently during which of his experiments?
A) Dihybrid cross B) Backcross C) Monohybrid cross D) Test cross
- 7. In a monohybrid cross, how many traits are typically studied?
A) Two B) One C) Four D) Three
- 8. In Mendel's experiments, what term describes the offspring resulting from a cross between the parental generations?
A) F2 generation B) P generation C) F1 generation D) G1 generation
- 9. Mendel's Law of Segregation describes the separation of ________ during the formation of gametes.
A) Traits B) Alleles C) Chromosomes D) Genes
- 10. What term describes the appearance of an organism resulting from its genotype?
A) Mutation B) Heredity C) Phenotype D) Genotype
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