Genetics and Mendel

Gregor Mendel

100

Gregor Mendel was a ____ in Austria

Gregor Mendel was a monk in Austria

200

What was Gregor Mendel known for

For discovering the basics of heredity/genetics

300

What plant did Gregor Mendel study?

Pea plants

400

 What theory did Mendel disprove?

Blended inheritance -- a tall and short parent making an average sized child

500

Is technically everyone a scientist including Gregor Mendel?

Yes

Fill in the blank

100

Gregor Mendel is known as "The ______ __ ________."

Gregor Mendel is known as "The Father Of Genetics."

200

During Mendel's experiment, the F1 Generation were all __________.

tall

300

The height of the F2 generation was _______ tall and ______ short.

75% tall and 25% short

400

Gregor Mendel failed his examination _____ times.

Two!

500

Mendel cross-pollinated self-pollinating plants with a simple tool, a ________.

paintbrush

True or false

100

Gregor Mendel was from the 21st century

False; 19th century

200

The purebred plants that Mendel crossed, each with a different distinct trait, were called the P generation. 

True, or parent generation

300

If a trait has the allele combination Aa, then it is a hybrid.

True

400

A pink flower (AA) and a white flower (aa) are cross pollinated. The offspring (Aa) is light pink. 

False; it will be pink. Since the offspring has the dominant trait (A, from the pink flower), it will also be pink. 

500

Gregor Mendel acted as a botanist (someone who studies plants)

True

Vocab and facts

100

An organism with two identical alleles for a trait is 

homozygous

200

Different forms of a gene are called

alleles

300

An organism with two different alleles for a trait is called 

Heterozygous

400

What is the weaker trait?

Recessive

500

What is the stronger trait?

Dominant