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