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