Meiosis and Mendel Mastery Quiz
1. Nondisjunction is ______.
a. the cause of crossing over.
b. when the chromosomes pair up during Prophase.
c. altered folding or a protein/enzyme
d. the incorrect splitting of chromosomes.
e. none of the above.
2. 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
e. none of the above
3. If you cross a heterozygous yellow pea plant with a green pea plant, what percent of the offspring will be green?
a. 0%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 100%
e. none of the above
4. Gregor Mendel, through his various experiments, came up with 3 laws. Which of the following is not one of the 3 laws attributed to Mendel?
a. Law of Dominance
b. Law of Disjunction
c. Law of Independent Assortment
d. Law of Random Segregation
e. All of the above are laws of Mendel’s
5. If an organism’s diploid number is 12, it’s haploid number is:
a. 4
b. 8
c. 24
d. 6
e. none of the above
6. The process in which homologous chromosomes “swap” information is called:
a. replication
b. independent assortment
c. crossing over
d. prophase I
e. none of the above
7. Crossing over between homologous chromosomes occurs during:
a. prophase I
b. metaphase I
c. anaphase I
d. telophase I
e. none of the above
8. Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in the formation of:
a. diploid cells
b. haploid cells
c. 2N daughter cells
d. body cells
e. none of the above
9. Mendel used pea plants to study:
a. flowering
b. gamete formation
c. the inheritance of traits
d. cross-pollination
e. none of the above
10. Alleles are different variations of the same ______.
- Chromatid
- Chromosome
- Gene
- Genotype
- Trait