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