Jeopardy Game Genetics and Meiosis

Terms Science of Inheritance 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400pts Analyzing Inheritance 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts Punnett Squares 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts 500 pts Meiosis 100 pts 200pts 300 pts 400 pts 500 pts FINAL JEOPARDY

Question 1 The actual genetic combination of an organism is this… genotype Check Answer

Question 2 Allele that will only express itself when it is not in the presence of others… recessive Check Answer

Question 3 Different forms of a gene are called… alleles Check Answer

When tall is dominant over short, the homozygous recessive phenotype will be… short Check Answer Question 4

Question 5 If there are two different alleles in a gene set the genotype is said to be a hybrid or this…. heterozygous Check Answer

Question 6 Genetics is the study of this. heredity Check Answer

Question 7 The “Father of Genetics” Mendel Check Answer

Question 8 This law explains why only one allele is expressed when 2 different ones come together. dominance Check Answer

Question 9 The alleles of a gene set do this when a cell divides according to Mendel’s second law Separate or segregate Check Answer

Question 10 Genes of different traits that are sorted w/o influencing each other’s inheritance illustrate this Mendelian law. Independent Assortment Check Answer

The chance that a coin flipped will come out heads. 1 out of 2, 50% Check Answer Question 11

Question 12 If an organism has 2 different alleles for the same gene, the chances that one gamete carries one of the alleles is… 1 out of 2, 50% Check Answer

Question 13 If a heterozygous dominant purple plant is crossed with a homozygous recessive white one, what is the chance that the offspring will have white flowers. 1 out 2, 50% Check Answer

Question 14 What’s the chance that two heterozygous parents will produce a homozygous dominant offspring. 1 out 4, 25% Check Answer

What is the chance that a dominant spotted dog crossed with a solid coat dog will produce a spotted dog? Since you are not told if it is homozygous or not, it is anywhere from % Check Answer Question 15

What the Punnett squares help to determine from the parental cross. Possible genotypes of offspring Check Answer Question 16

Question 17 Do the cross, TT x tt Show the results. Check Answer

Question 18 When setting up a punnett square, which parent’s information generally goes on top? First one in the problem Check Answer

Question 19 Cross a heterozygous dominant tall plant w/a homozygous short plant and show how many offspring are expected to be tall. 50% Check Answer

Question 20 Set up the punnett square correctly for the following cross: AaBb x aabb Check Answer

Question 21 Meiosis creates sex cells aka ___ to be used in sexual reproduction. gametes Check Answer

Question 22 These structures, which contain the genes, are involved in meiosis. chromosomes Check Answer

Question 23 When the homologous chromosomes fail to separate properly it is known as ___ nondisjunction Check Answer

Question 24 A diploid cell undergoing meiosis, will produce cells with what type of chromosome number. haploid Check Answer

Question 25 A human body cell contains 46 chromosomes or 23 pairs. How many pairs will the sex cells contain? none Check Answer

Final Jeopardy What process is demonstrated in the following picture? What process is demonstrated in the following picture?