Download Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study

Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________
Form A
Genetics Test
Multiple Choices
1. _______The physical characteristics of an organism are its
a. heredity
c. phenotype
b. genetics
d. genotype
2. _______A Punnett square is used to determine the
a. probably outcome of a cross
b. actual outcome of a cross
c. result of mitosis
d. result of meiosis
3. _______The tall allele in pea plants is dominant to the short allele. Which of the following
represents a genotype of a heterozygous pea plant
a. T
c. Tt
b. TT
d. Tt
4. _______Suppose a trait has two alleles, M and m. If one parent is homozygous for the dominant
trait, what is that parent’s genotype?
a. MMmm
c. Mm
b. Mm
d. MM
5. _______ Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study
a. flowering
b. pea growth
c. the inheritance of traits
d. pod size
6. _______Offspring that result from crosses between parents with different traits
a. are pure breeding
c. make up the parental generation
b. make up the F2 generation
d. are called hybrids
7. _______Gregor Mendel concluded that traits are
a. not inherited by offspring
b. inherited through the passing of factors from parents to offspring
c. determined by dominant factors only
d. determined by recessive factors only
8. _______When Gregor Mendel crossed a tall plant with a short plant, the F1 plants inherited
a. an allele for tallness from each parent
b. an allele for tallness from the tall parent and an allele for shortness from the short parent
c. an allele for shortness from each parent
d. an allele from only the tall parent
9. _______ Homozygous dominant is:
a. all alleles are dominant
b. all alleles are recessive
c. some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
d. alleles are neither dominant nor recessive
10. _______When Gregor Mendel crossed true-breeding tall plants with true-breeding short plants,
all the offspring were tall because:
a. the allele for tall plants is recessive
b. the allele for short plants is dominant
c. the allele for tall plants is dominant
d. they were true-breeding like their parents
11. _______A tall plant is crossed with a short plant
a. the offspring will be a medium height
b. all the offspring will be tall
c. all the offspring will be short
d. some of the offspring will be tall, and some will be short
12. _______A heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed with a short plant. The probability that the
offspring will be tall is:
a. 25%
c. 75%
b. 50%
d. 100%
13. _______Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait are said to be
a. hybrid
c. heterozygous
b. homozygous
d. dominant
14. _______A punnett square shows all the following EXCEPT
a. all possible results of a genetic cross
c. the alleles of the parents
b. the genotypes of the offspring
d. the actual results of a genetic cross
15. _______Situations in which one allele for a gene is not completely dominant over another allele
for that gene are called:
a. multiple alleles
c. polygenic inheritance
b. incomplete dominance
d. multiple genes
16. _______Gregor Mendel’s principles of genetics apply to
a. plants only
c. pea plants only
b. animals only
d. all organisms
True or False
17. _______The allele for a recessive trait is usually represented by a capitol letter
18. _______All genes have two alleles
19. _______Heredity is the passing of traits
20. _______The difference between codomincance and incomplete dominance is that incomplete
dominance is a blend of two contrasting traits and codominance shows both traits separately
21. _______Roan (red and white) coat color in cattle is an example of incomplete dominance
22. _______The trait indicated in the pedigree below is most likely a sex linked trait
23. _______The father listed in the pedigree below is most likely heterozygous for the trait
24. _______The trait indicated in the pedigree below is a recessive trait
Punnett Squares (You must show your work!!)
25. You cross a heterozygous red rose with a homozygous white rose. Red is dominant
Probability of red? ___________% White? ____________%
26. White pumpkins are in demand.
Make a square for the possible crosses below to determine which would be the best choice for
the grower to make the most money based on demand of the trait. (Circle which cross would
probably yield the whitest pumpkins) Orange is dominant.
A. Homozygous orange with homozygous white
B. Heterozygous orange with homozygous white
C. Heterozygous orange with heterozygous white
D. Homozygous orange with heterozygous white
Pedigrees
27. Is the trait shown above dominant or recessive? ___________________
28. How many marriages are depicted on the pedigree? ___________________
29. How many generations are depicted on the pedigree? ___________________
30. Is number 8 a male or a female? ___________________
31. Give the possible genotypes of the numbered individuals when a brown haired (B) is dominant over
blond hair (b). The shaded in circles and squares show the individuals who have the recessive trait.
Short Answer
Explain Mendel’s two laws (4 points)
Extra Credit
Make a pedigree based on the following passage about freckles.
Andy, Penny, and Delbert have freckles, but their mother, Mrs. Droste does not. Mrs. Giordana, Mrs.
Droste’s sister, has freckles but her parent; Mr. & Mrs. Lutz do not. Deidra and Darlene Giordano are
freckled, but their sister, Dixie, like her father, is not freckled.