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