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  • 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) Marigolds
B) Garden Peas
C) Sweet Corn
D) Ravens
  • 3. DNA sequences that control traits are called
A) Recessive
B) Genes
C) Purebred
D) Dominant
E) Characteristics
  • 4. Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
A) Heterozygous
B) Genes
C) Genotype
D) Homozygous Recessive
E) Homozygous Dominant
  • 5. If alleles are written TT, it means the organism would be
A) Homozygous Recessive
B) Genotype
C) Genes
D) Homozygous Dominant
E) Heterozygous
  • 6. If alleles are written tt, it means the organism would be
A) Heterozygous
B) Genes
C) Homozygous Dominant
D) Genotype
E) Homozygous Recessive
  • 7. What does a Punnett Square show?
A) Predict the rate of recessive lethal traits in offspring.
B) A model of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
C) Only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross.
D) Only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross.
E) All of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses.
  • 8. If a homozygous white guinea pig (bb) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the probability that the offspring will have black hair?
A) 0%
B) 50%
C) 25%
D) 100%
E) 75%
  • 9. An organisms physical appearance is its
A) Heterozygous
B) Phenotype
C) Inheritance
D) Homozygous
E) Genotype
  • 10. An organisms actual genes is its
A) Genotype
B) Inheritance
C) Heterozygous
D) Phenotype
E) Homozygous
  • 11. During the process of ______, 2 daughter cells will be created with identical DNA.
A) DNA Replication
B) Protein Synthesis
C) Meiosis
D) Mitosis
  • 12. During the process of ______, 4 daughter cells will be created with different DNA pattern.
A) Protein Synthesis
B) Meiosis
C) Mitosis
D) DNA Replication
  • 13. How many chromosomes are found in human body cells?
A) 23
B) 35
C) 26
D) 72
E) 46
  • 14. How many chromosomes are found in human sex cells?
A) 35
B) 72
C) 46
D) 26
E) 23
  • 15. Which combination will result in an offspring being female?
A) XY
B) XXX
C) XYY
D) XX
E) XY or XX
  • 16. Instars show growth and development in which stage of the life cycle?
A) Adult
B) Larva
C) Adolescence
D) Pupa
E) Egg
  • 17. An example of metamorphosis would be …
A) Growing facial hair
B) Puberty
C) Maturing of underdeveloped structures
D) Larva to butterfly
E) Snake shedding skin
  • 18. “Float like a Lepidoptera, sting like a Hymenoptera.” What organisms are included in the order Lepidoptera?
A) Dragonflies and Dung Beetles
B) Bees and Wasps
C) Butterflies and Bees
D) Moths and Wasps
E) Butterflies and Moths
  • 19. The Chrysalis is present during which stage of the life cycle?
A) Adolescence
B) Adult
C) Egg
D) Pupa
E) Larva
  • 20. What structure do butterflies use to pass genetic information from male to female?
A) Antennae
B) Spermatophore
C) Proboscis
D) Abdomen
E) Leg
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