DASHMESH ACADEMY Heredity and

Evolution
1. Differentiate between
(a) Dominant & Recessive (b) Homozygous & Heterozygous
(c) Genotype & Phenotype (d) Analogous & Homologous organs with examples
(e) Monohybrid & Dihybrid cross.
2. What factors could lead to the rise of a new species?
3. How is the sex of the child determined in human beings?
4. Can the wings of a butter fly & the wings of a bat be considered homologous organs ? why or why not?
5. Define speciation.
6. Name the plant which Mendel selected for hybridization experiments.
7. Name the technical term used to describe the actual appearance of an organism.
8. Name the cross in which the following phenotypic ratio in F 2 generation is obtained –
9:3:3:1
9. When a tall pea plant was self pollinated, one fourth of the offspring’s were dwarf. Give the genotype of
the parent and dwarf offspring’s.
10. Which chromosomes are called sex chromosomes?
11. How many types of chromosomes are called autosomes?
12. Which gas was absent in the atmosphere in free form at the time of origin of life?
13. Name the molecule that carries hereditary information from parent to offsprings.
14. Name any two vestigial structures in human body.
15. Name a fossil which represents a connecting link between birds and reptiles.
16. Who and when proposed the ‘Theory of Origin of Species by Natural Selection?
17. Which of the two processes-sexual and Asexual reproduction brings about maximum variations in the
offsprings?
18. Of the sperm and ovum, which decides the sex of the child?
19. Find the analogous and homologous organ from the following:
(a) Wing of a bat and wing of an insect (b) Human arms and foreleg of cow
20. Explain Law of independent assortment with the help of a cross.
21. Make a cross between tall plant & dwarf plant give their genotypic & phenotypic ratio
22. Explain Mendel’s First & Second Law of inheritance.
DASHMESH ACADEMY Heredity and
Evolution