3.1 Mendel and His Peas

Question 1

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

Answer 1

Heredity

Question 2

The trait observed in the generation when parents that have different traits are bred

Answer 2

Dominant Trait

Question 3

A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred

Answer 3

Recessive Trait

Question 4

Pollen from one plant fertilizes the ovule of a flower on a different plant. Can happen by pollen being carried by insects, and pollen can be carried by the wind

Answer 4

Cross-pollination

Question 5

Has both male and female reproductive structures.

Answer 5

Self-pollinating plant

Question 6

When a true breeding plant self pollinates, all of its offspring will have the same trait as the parent

Answer 6

True-breeding plant

Question 7

A feature that has different forms in a population

Answer 7

Characteristic

Question 8

The different forms of characteristics such as red or brown hair are called

Answer 8

Traits

Question 9

When a plant with purple flowers pollen transferred to a plant with white flowers the product is called

Answer 9

First-generation plants

Question 10

A relationship between two different numbers that is often expressed as a characteristic

Answer 10

Ratio