Download Genetics Pre-assessment Quiz

GENETIC QUESTIONS – ASSIGNMENT #1
On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions.
1. Compare and contrast heredity and genetics.
2. State some of the early ideas about how traits were passed from parents
to offspring.
3. What is the Cell Theory and how does this theory relate to the study of
genetics?
4. In your textbook, look up the terms mitosis and meiosis and explain
what they mean.
5. State and explain Mendelian Laws of Heredity.
6. Why did Mendel chose to conduct his experiments using pea plants?
7. Define the following terms and provide an example of each:
- phenotype
- genotype
- dominant
- recessive
- homozygous
- heterozygous
- alleles
- F1 generation
- F2 generation
- Monohybrid cross
- gametes