Silver Spring School III PARTIAL

Teacher: Andrea Pineda 2018

Biology Test
Name of the student : Date:
10TH Grade

General Instructions: Answer in a clear and orderly way the following test
Type: Matching 2% C/U (10%)
Instructions: Match
Traits are distinguishing characteristics that are
inherited, such as eye color, leaf shape, and tail length.

Genetics Also known as Mendel’s first law.

Purebred the mating of two organisms

Cross genetically uniform,

Law of segregation is the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation

in organisms.

Type: Short Answer 2% C/U (10%)

Instructions: Answer Correctly

1. How are the terms gene, locus, and allele related?

2. Explain why an organism’s genotype may be homozygous dominant, homozygous

recessive, or heterozygous, but never heterozygous recessive.

3. Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.

Silver Spring School III PARTIAL
Teacher: Andrea Pineda 2018

4. What do the letters on the axes of the Punnett square represent?

5. Explain how Mendel’s laws relate to probability.

Type: Practice (10%)

Instructions. Complete the following monohybrid crosses: draw a Punnett square, list the ratio
and describe the offspring. Be sure to remember that the capital letter is dominant.

1) A green pea plant (Gg) is crossed with a yellow pea plant (gg).

2) A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a tall plant (Tt).