Science Review

Question 1

Who is Gregor Mendel?

Answer 1

The father of genetics

Question 2

What are the Mendel laws?

Answer 2

Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment

Question 3

What did Mendel discover?

Answer 3

That the plants’ offspring retained traits of parents

Question 4

Two forms of a gene (dominant and recessive)

Answer 4

Alleles

Question 5

The stronger of the two genes and expressed in a hybrid

Answer 5

Dominant gene

Question 6

Show up less often in a cross and is hidden when a dominant gene is present

Answer 6

Recessive gene

Question 7

Any characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

Answer 7

Trait

Question 8

Passing of traits from parent to offspring

Answer 8

Heredity

Question 9

Study of heredity

Answer 9

Genetics

Question 11

What is the law of Independent Assortment?

Answer 11

The law of Independent Assortment states that the alleles for different genes segregate independently of one another during gamete formation.

Question 12

True or False: The law of Independent Assortment applies only to genes located on the same chromosome.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Fill in the blank: According to the law of Independent Assortment, the inheritance of one trait _______ affect the inheritance of another trait.

Answer 13

does not

Question 14

Which of the following best illustrates the law of Independent Assortment? A) Two traits inherited together B) Traits segregating independently C) Traits linked on the same chromosome

Answer 14

B) Traits segregating independently

Question 15

What is the Law of Segregation?

Answer 15

The Law of Segregation states that during the formation of gametes, the two alleles for a trait separate from each other so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene.

Question 16

True or False: The Law of Segregation applies only to dominant traits.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the process of segregation? A) Gametes receive two alleles for each gene B) Alleles for a trait separate during gamete formation C) Alleles are permanently linked D) None of the above

Answer 17

B) Alleles for a trait separate during gamete formation

Question 18

What does the Law of Segregation imply about the inheritance of traits?

Answer 18

It implies that offspring inherit one allele from each parent, resulting in a combination of alleles that determines the trait.

Question 19

When alleles are blended and the offspring have a mix of their parent traits

Answer 19

Incomplete dominance

Question 20

Both alleles are expressed

Answer 20

Codominance

Question 21

Determined by multiple genes

Answer 21

polygenetic trait

Question 22

Different alleles of a gene occupy the same positions on each chromosome

Answer 22

homologous chromosome

Question 23

When there is two or more than two allele possibilities for a gene

Answer 23

Multiple alleles