GCSE Biology – Mendel’s work

Last updated: 03/06/2020

OCR 21st Century GCSE Science – Biology higher You and your genes GCSE Biology – Mendel’s work

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the development of understanding of genetics from Gregor Mendel on wards

Time limit: 0

Quiz Summary

0 of 25 Questions completed

Questions:

Information

You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again.

Quiz is loading…

You must sign in or sign up to start the quiz.

You must first complete the following:

Results

Quiz complete. Results are being recorded.

Results

0 of 25 Questions answered correctly

Your time:

Time has elapsed

You have reached 0 of 0 point(s), (0)

Earned Point(s): 0 of 0, (0)
0 Essay(s) Pending (Possible Point(s): 0)

Average score
Your score

Categories

Not categorized 0%

Current
Review
Answered
Correct
Incorrect

Question 1 of 25

1. Question
What was the nucleus discovered to contain?
- Chromosomes
- Ribosomes
- Mitochondria
- Chlorophyll
Correct

Incorrect
Question 2 of 25

2. Question
What can be passed on through generations?
- Genes
- Proteins
- Amino acids
- Blood
Correct

Incorrect
Question 3 of 25

3. Question
Who was Gregor Mendel?
- Monk
- Protestor
- Scientist
- Chemist
Correct

Incorrect
Question 4 of 25

4. Question
In what century did Gregor Mendel conduct his research?
- 1800's
- 1700's
- 1600's
- 1900's
Correct

Incorrect
Question 5 of 25

5. Question
Whose work did Gregor Mendel build his work from?
- Darwin
- Rutherford
- Chadwick
- Bohr
Correct

Incorrect
Question 6 of 25

6. Question
What did Charles Darwin do?
- Discovered characteristics can be passed on
- Discovered how genomes and genetics helps to pass on certain characteristics to offspring
- Work out the structure of DNA
- Built a model of DNA
Correct

Incorrect
Question 7 of 25

7. Question
What did Mendel study?
- Inheritance of different characteristics
- The passing on of characteristics
- The evolution of animals
- The distribution of gases in the atmosphere
Correct

Incorrect
Question 8 of 25

8. Question
What did Mendel use in his experiments?
- Peas
- Monkeys
- Aluminium
- Trees
Correct

Incorrect
Question 9 of 25

9. Question
Where did Mendel state inheritance is determined from?
- Descendants
- Future generations
- No one
- None of these answers
Correct

Incorrect
Question 10 of 25

10. Question
What did Mendel discover when he bred red-flowered plants with white-flowered plants?
- All offspring were red-flowered
- All offspring were white-flowered
- Most of the offspring had red flowers but some had white
- Most of the offspring had white flowers but some had red
Correct

Incorrect
Question 11 of 25

11. Question
What did Mendel discover when he bred red-flowered plants with red-flowered plants?
- Most of the offspring had red flowers but some had white
- All offspring were white-flowered
- All offspring were red-flowered
- Most of the offspring had white flowers but some had red
Correct

Incorrect
Question 12 of 25

12. Question
In terms of alleles, write a conclusion referring to the red and white flowered plants.
- The allele for red flowers is dominant
- The allele for red flowers is recessive
- The allele for white flowers is dominant
- None of these conclusions are correct
Correct

Incorrect
Question 13 of 25

13. Question
In terms of alleles, write a conclusion referring to the red and white flowered plants.
- The allele for white flowers is recessive
- The allele for red flowers is recessive
- The allele for white flowers is dominant
- None of these conclusions are correct
Correct

Incorrect
Question 14 of 25

14. Question
What is the definition of a dominant allele?
- An allele that always expresses itself
- An allele that will remain dormant unless paired with a recessive gene
- An allele that will remain dormant unless paired with a dominant gene
- An allele that always be dormant
Correct

Incorrect
Question 15 of 25

15. Question
What is the definition of a recessive allele?
- An allele that will remain dormant unless paired with a recessive gene
- An allele that always expresses itself
- An allele that will remain dormant unless paired with a dominant gene
- An allele that always be dormant
Correct

Incorrect
Question 16 of 25

16. Question
How are dominant alleles represented?
- Capital letters
- Lower-case letters
- Circles
- Squares
Correct

Incorrect
Question 17 of 25

17. Question
How are recessive alleles represented?
- Lower-case letters
- Capital letters
- Circles
- Squares
Correct

Incorrect
Question 18 of 25

18. Question
What did Mendel draw up after his experiment?
- Genetic diagram
- Google search
- A book
- Painting of his work
Correct

Incorrect
Question 19 of 25

19. Question
Why was Mendel’s work not accepted until after his death?
- He did not communicate his work well
- There were no computers to post the work on social media
- People never used to care about science
- No reason
Correct

Incorrect
Question 20 of 25

20. Question
Why was Mendel’s work not accepted until after his death?
- His journal was not well known to people
- He did not want to release his work to the public
- People chose to believe Darwin over Mendel
- No reason
Correct

Incorrect
Question 21 of 25

21. Question
Why was Mendel’s work not accepted until after his death?
- He could not explain the science behind his observation
- He died too young
- He did not manage to finish conducting his research
- No reason
Correct

Incorrect
Question 22 of 25

22. Question
What did James Watson do?
- Work out the structure of DNA
- Discovered how genomes and genetics helps to pass on certain characteristics to offspring
- Discovered characteristics can be passed on
- Built a model of DNA
Correct

Incorrect
Question 23 of 25

23. Question
What did Frank Crick do?
- Work out the structure of DNA
- Discovered how genomes and genetics helps to pass on certain characteristics to offspring
- Discovered characteristics can be passed on
- Built a model of DNA
Correct

Incorrect
Question 24 of 25

24. Question
What did Rosalind Franklin do?
- Built a model of DNA
- Discovered how genomes and genetics helps to pass on certain characteristics to offspring
- Discovered characteristics can be passed on
- Work out the structure of DNA
Correct

Incorrect
Question 25 of 25

25. Question
What did Maurice Wilkins do?
- Built a model of DNA
- Discovered how genomes and genetics helps to pass on certain characteristics to offspring
- Discovered characteristics can be passed on
- Work out the structure of DNA
Correct

Incorrect