Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Aklan
District of Malinao
Malinao School for Philippine Craftsmen
Malinao, Aklan

FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 8

Quarter 4
MELC 4 – Mendelian Genetics

Name: _____________________________________________ Gr. & Section: ___________________Date: __________

Test 1. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided
before each number.

_____ 1. Who pioneered on the study of Genetics?

a. Carolus Linnaeus b. Gregor Mendel c. Charles Darwin d. Robert Brown
2. A pair of dissimilar alleles for a certain trait is called _____________.
_____ a. Allele b. Heterozygous genes c. Chromosome d. Homozygous genes
3. Homozygous dominant allele is represented by the letters ____________.
_____ a. RR b. Rr c. Sr d. rr
4. It is the study of genes to determine traits inherited by the offspring from the parents?
_____ a. Botany b. Histology c. Genetics d. Zoology
5. A pair of dissimilar alleles for a certain trait is called _____________.
_____ a. Allele b. Heterozygous genes c. Chromosome d. Homozygous genes
6. It is the study of genes to determine traits inherited by the offspring from the parents?
_____ a. Botany b. Histology c. Genetics D. Zoology
7. Which pair of alleles are not identical?
_____ a. Allele b. Heterozygous c. Chromosome D. Homozygous
8. The genetic makeup of an organism is called ____________.
_____ a. Genotype b. Offsprings c. Heredity D. Phenotype
9. Which of the following is a heterozygous dominant genotype?
_____ a. HH b. Hh c. HHH D. hh
10. A monohybrid cross is a cross using _________.
a. A. two factors or characters c. a single trait or character
_____ b. several factors or characters d. a combination of characters
11. Using the Punnett square method and a basic monohybrid cross, which of the following shows the number of times a
characteristic of an organism will be seen in the offspring when genes for certain traits are crossed?
_____
a. Genetic ratio c. Mathematics ratio
b. Genotypic ratio d. Phenotypic ratio
12. The sum of an organism's observable characteristics is their phenotype. What is phenotypic ratio?
a. The ratio of visible characteristics. c. The ratio of the expected characteristics.
_____ b. The ratio of possible characteristics. d. The ratio of gene combinations in the offspring
13. In genetics, what is the process involved when fertilization occurs between two true-breeding parents that differ in only one
characteristic?
_____ a. Backcross B. Dihybrid cross C. Monohybrid cross D. Testcross
14. Pisum sativum is the scientific name of a garden pea plant used by Gregor Mendel for his experiment on investigating how
individual traits were inherited. Which of the following is the dominant trait of the pea plant’s seed shape?
_____ a. axial b. round c. inflated d. wrinkled
15. The non-appearance of the recessive characteristic does not mean it was totally lost. Mendel hypothesized that it was just
hidden and masked by the dominant trait. Which among the following laws explained this hypothesis?
a. The Law of Dominance C. The Law of Independent Assortment
_____ b. The Law of Segregation D. The Principle of Allelism
16. Garden pea works as an excellent test subject in Mendel’s experiment. Which of the following reasons is NOT considered by
Gregor Mendel?
a. It can do self-pollination. C. Its reproduction cannot be manipulated.
b. It can be crossed fertilized. D. It can be grown easily in large numbers.
17. Which Mendel’s law states that, when pure-breeding plants having contrasting characters are crossed, all the offspring will
_____ show only one of the characters?
a. Law of Inheritance C. Law of Segregation
b. Law of Dominance D. Law of Independent Assortment
_____

_____ 18. Which does not describe Gregor Mendel?

a. An Austrian monk C. Father of Genetics
b. Author of Punnet Square D. Proponent of Law of Dominance
19. Which pair of letters represents a pure line dominant trait?
_____
 a. CC b. Gg c. Ee D. tt
20. Which pair of alleles represents a recessive trait?
a. BB b. hH c. Dd d. ss
21. Which is true about homozygous organism?
a. has different alleles c. has only one of the alleles
b. has three identical alleles d. has two similar alleles
22. Which refers to the offspring resulting from a cross between homozygous parents with two contrasting traits?
a. Crossbred b. Multiple Allele c. Hybrid d. Purebred
23. Which refers to the genetic composition of a particular trait of an organism?
a. Genotype b. Homozygote c. Heterozygote d. Phenotype
24. Which is a homozygous recessive genotype?
a. GG b. gg c. GGG d. Gg
25. Which refers to the physical appearance of an organism?
a. Allele b. Genotype c. Genes d. Phenotype

Test 2. Illustrate the given cross using the Punnett square below and state the results.

Situation.
Oval face (O) in man is dominant over round face (o).
Predict the possible offspring if a homozygous oval-faced man marries a homozygous round-faced woman.

Female Alleles: _____

Male Alleles: _____

Description:
Genotypes:

Phenotypes:

Prepared by:

Mrs. JULIET I. VILLARUEL-ALMONACID

Subject Teacher

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Parent’s Signature
 PERFORMANCE TASK IN
SCIENCE 8 MELC 4 – Mendelian Genetics

Directions:

1. Make a scrapbook showing Punnett squares of the following situations.

Situation 1:
Assume that brown eyes (E) are dominant over blue eyes (e). A man who is homozygous brown-eyed
married a heterozygous brown-eyed woman. What would be the color of the eyes of their children?

Situation 2
Assume that the dominant trait for a plant’s stem length is Tall (T) and dwarf (t) is recessive. When a
plant homozygous for tall is crossed with a plant homozygous for dwarf, predict the possible offspring.
Male Alleles: homozygous tall
Female Alleles: homozygous dwarf

Situation 3
In summer squash, white fruit color (W) is dominant over yellow fruit color (w). If a squash plant true-
breeding for white, is crossed with a plant heterozygous for white fruit, what will the phenotypic and genotypic
ratios be?
Male Alleles: homozygous white
Female Alleles: heterozygous white

2. Follow the steps on how to make a Punnett square.

1. Make a square and divide into 4 boxes.
2. The letters of the possible genes for a trait from the female (♀) are written down on the left side.
3. The letters of the possible genes for the same trait from the male (♂) are written across the top of the
square.
4. Start crossing the male gametes with the female gametes in each box until all the four boxes are
filled in. Place the phenotype below each genotype.
5. Lastly, interpret the result.

3. You may use indigenous / recycled materials for your scrapbook.

4. Pass it on or before June 13, 2022.

5. Use this rubric as your guide.

Creativity:30%
Accuracy of the Content:50%
Timeliness:20%
TOTAL - 100%