Worksheet

Class: X
Student Name: ______________ Subject: BIOLOGY Date:
Topic: Heredity-I

1. A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding pea plants bearing violet flowers with pea plants
bearing white flowers. What will be the result in F1 progeny?
2. Show the crossing of a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant? Write the phenotypic and genotypic
ratio.
3. List one difference between inherited and acquired traits giving one example each.
4. What does the Law of Dominance state in Mendelian inheritance?
5. A man with blood group AB marries a woman with blood group B. What are the possible blood
groups in the progenies?
6. Write the biological name of the plant Mendel used for his experiments. Why was this plant
selected?
7. What are autosomes and allosomes?
8. The genetic constitution of an organism is called:
a) Genotype
b) Phenotype
c) Variation
d) None of the above
9. Genetics is the study of:
a) resemblance amongst individuals
b) Heredity and environment
c) Differences amongst individuals
d) Heredity and variation
10. What will be the percentage of ‘ab’ gametes produced by AaBb parent?
a) 50% b) 25%
c) 75% d) 100%

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