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