Quiz 3.3.A
  • 1. Meiosis is a type of cell division that will produce
A) 2 new somatic cells
B) Exact copies of the parent cell
C) Packets of pollen to be transferred between the abdomen of insects
D) The male and female sex cells
  • 2. What did Gregor Mendel use in his genetic studies?
A) Sweet Corn
B) Garden Peas
C) Ravens
D) Marigolds
  • 3. DNA sequences that control traits are called
A) Genes
B) Dominant
C) Recessive
D) Characteristics
E) Purebred
  • 4. Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
A) Homozygous Recessive
B) Heterozygous
C) Genes
D) Genotype
E) Homozygous Dominant
  • 5. If alleles are written TT, it means the organism would be
A) Heterozygous
B) Genotype
C) Genes
D) Homozygous Dominant
E) Homozygous Recessive
  • 6. If alleles are written tt, it means the organism would be
A) Heterozygous
B) Genotype
C) Homozygous Dominant
D) Genes
E) Homozygous Recessive
  • 7. What does a Punnett Square show?
A) Predict the rate of recessive lethal traits in offspring.
B) All of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses.
C) Only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross.
D) A model of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
E) Only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross.
  • 8. If a Homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that the offspring will have black hair?
A) 0%
B) 50%
C) 100%
D) 75%
E) 25%
  • 9. An organisms physical appearance is its
A) Heterozygous
B) Phenotype
C) Genotype
D) Homozygous
E) Inheritance
  • 10. An organisms actual genes is its
A) Inheritance
B) Phenotype
C) Homozygous
D) Genotype
E) Heterozygous
  • 11. During the process of ______, 2 daughter cells will be created with identical DNA.
A) Mitosis
B) Meiosis
C) DNA Replication
D) Protein Synthesis
  • 12. During the process of ______, 4 daughter cells will be created with different DNA pattern.
A) Mitosis
B) Protein Synthesis
C) Meiosis
D) DNA Replication
  • 13. How many chromosomes are found in human body cells?
A) 46
B) 23
C) 26
D) 35
E) 72
  • 14. How many chromosomes are found in human sex cells?
A) 26
B) 23
C) 72
D) 35
E) 46
  • 15. Which combination will result in an offspring being male?
A) XX
B) XY
C) XY or XX
D) XYY
E) XXX
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