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Quiz 3.3.A
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  • 1. Meiosis is a type of cell division that will produce
A) 2 new somatic cells
B) The male and female sex cells
C) Packets of pollen to be transferred between the abdomen of insects
D) Exact copies of the parent cell
  • 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) Characteristics
B) Dominant
C) Purebred
D) Recessive
E) Genes
  • 4. Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
A) Homozygous Recessive
B) Heterozygous
C) Genes
D) Homozygous Dominant
E) Genotype
  • 5. If alleles are written TT, it means the organism would be
A) Homozygous Recessive
B) Heterozygous
C) Homozygous Dominant
D) Genes
E) Genotype
  • 6. If alleles are written tt, it means the organism would be
A) Homozygous Dominant
B) Homozygous Recessive
C) Genes
D) Genotype
E) Heterozygous
  • 7. What does a Punnett Square show?
A) A model of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
B) Only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross.
C) All of Mendel’s discoveries about genetic crosses.
D) Only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross.
E) Predict the rate of recessive lethal traits in offspring.
  • 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) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 100%
E) 0%
  • 9. An organisms physical appearance is its
A) Heterozygous
B) Homozygous
C) Inheritance
D) Genotype
E) Phenotype
  • 10. An organisms actual genes is its
A) Heterozygous
B) Phenotype
C) Genotype
D) Inheritance
E) Homozygous
  • 11. During the process of ______, 2 daughter cells will be created with identical DNA.
A) Mitosis
B) DNA Replication
C) Protein Synthesis
D) Meiosis
  • 12. During the process of ______, 4 daughter cells will be created with different DNA pattern.
A) DNA Replication
B) Mitosis
C) Protein Synthesis
D) Meiosis
  • 13. How many chromosomes are found in human body cells?
A) 26
B) 23
C) 46
D) 72
E) 35
  • 14. How many chromosomes are found in human sex cells?
A) 72
B) 26
C) 46
D) 35
E) 23
  • 15. Which combination will result in an offspring being male?
A) XXX
B) XY or XX
C) XYY
D) XX
E) XY
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