Punnett Squares
Word Problems
Vocabulary
Reproduction
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100
Complete a punnet square for TT and tt.
What is Tt, Tt, Tt, Tt
100
Jimmy has a big nose. His genotype is GG. Sally also has a big nose. Her genotype is Gg. What are the possibilities for their children's genotypes?
What is GG, GG, Gg, Gg
100
___________ is the passing down of traits from one generation to the next.
What is Heredity.
100

How many parents are needed for sexual reproduction to occur?

Two parents are needed

100
Capital letters are always represented by the _____________ allele, not the recessive allele.
What is dominant.
200
Complete a Punnett square for Gg and Gg.
What is GG, Gg, Gg, gg
200
Jared is homozygous for brown hair. His wife is homozygous for blonde hair. Brown hair is dominant to blonde hair. What are the possible genotypes for their children?
What is Bb, Bb, Bb, Bb.
200
A pair of alleles that are the same are called __________________.
What is homozygous.
200

Which type of reproduction can occur very quickly?

What is Asexual Reproduction

200
A _______________ trait is a trait that is expressed or shown.
What is dominant.
300
Complete a Punnett square someone who is heterozygous for tall and for someone who is homozygous for short.
What is Tt, Tt, tt, tt
300
Mike is heterozygous for brown eyes. His wife has blue eyes. What percentage of their children will most likely have brown eyes? What percentage will most likely have blue eyes?
What is 50% brown and 50% blue eyes?
300
A pair of alleles that are different are called ____________________.
What is heterozygous.
300

Which type of reproduction produces an identical genetic copy

What is Asexual Reproduction

300
A ______________ trait is a trait that is hidden by the dominant gene.
What is recessive.
400
Complete a Punnett square for someone who is Homozygous for green eyes and someone who has blue eyes. Green is dominant over blue.
What is Gg, Gg, Gg, Gg.
400

Brown eyes (E) are always dominant over blue eyes (e).  If two blue-eyed parents with genomes (ee) have six children, how many of their offspring will have blue eyes

What is 6 offspring

400
___________________ describes a pair of alleles and is represented by letters such as Tt or TT.
What is genotype.
400

What type of reproduction produces offspring that can more easily adjust to a new environment?

What is sexual reproduction

400

Chromosomes can be found in the organelle

What is the nucleus?

500
The four answers for a Punnett square are Zz, Zz, zz, zz. What are the genotypes for the parents?
What is Zz and zz.
500
James is homozygous for big lips. His wife also has big lips, but one of their children has small lips. What is his wife's genotype?
What is Bb.
500
__________________ is simply the expression of the genotype. It is how the trait is expressed (ie. dark hair, tall, big lips, etc.)
What is phenotype.
500

What is fertilization?

When a male cell (sperm) joins with a female cell (egg/ovum) to create a zygote/new organism

500

Inherited traits are determined by this

What is genetic material (DNA)

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