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