Mendel (Edexcel GCSE Biology Combined Science): Quizzes
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What was Gregor Mendel's nationality?
What was Gregor Mendel's nationality?
Austrian
In which year were Mendel's results published?
In which year were Mendel's results published?
1866
When Mendel crossed red-flowered with white-flowered plants, what colour were all offspring?
When Mendel crossed red-flowered with white-flowered plants, what colour were all offspring?
Red
Which allele for flower colour is dominant in Mendel's pea plants?
Which allele for flower colour is dominant in Mendel's pea plants?
Red
When Mendel crossed a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant, what were all the offspring?
When Mendel crossed a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant, what were all the offspring?
Tall
What ratio of tall to dwarf plants did Mendel observe when breeding the tall offspring together?
What ratio of tall to dwarf plants did Mendel observe when breeding the tall offspring together?
3:1
What do we now call Mendel's 'hereditary units'?
What do we now call Mendel's 'hereditary units'?
Genes
According to Mendel, how many hereditary units does each parent pass on to offspring?
According to Mendel, how many hereditary units does each parent pass on to offspring?
One
Why did Mendel struggle to communicate his findings effectively to other scientists?
Why did Mendel struggle to communicate his findings effectively to other scientists?
His work was too cutting edge
What knowledge did scientists lack that prevented them understanding Mendel's work?
What knowledge did scientists lack that prevented them understanding Mendel's work?
Genes, DNA and chromosomes