MENDEL QUIZ - Gregor Mendel's 200 Year Anniversary

MENDEL & GENETICS QUIZ

Mendel & Genetics Quiz

What do you know about Gregor Mendel and some basic concepts of genetics? Find out and start the quiz!

What connection did Gregor Mendel have with the famous mathematician and physicist Christian Doppler?

Doppler was his uncle.

Doppler was his teacher.

They shared the same birthday.

Both grew up on a farm.

How many chromosomes does a healthy human have in each nucleus?

What is a genome?

A shortened gene

The totality of cell components

The totality of genetic information

A device for reading the genetic information

Which of the following is not a variant of Mendelian inheritance?

Dominant

Recessive

Devout

Intermediate

Which of the following is not a Mendelian law of inheritance?

Law of uniformity

Law of segregation

Law of pluripotency

Law of independent assortment

What holds the double helix of DNA together?

Hydrogen bonds

Magnetism

Brownian motion

Glue

The human genome contains about 23,000 genes. How many does the pea genome have?

The same number

Less

We don't know

Since when have humans applied plant breeding?

Since approximately 10.000 years

Since 200 years

Since 1900

Since the times of the Romans

What are stem cells?

Cells from the brain stem

Cells from the stem of plants

Unspecialized cells that can divide indefinitely

Specialized cells that can divide indefinitely

Since when has the human genome been completely decoded?

1993

2000

2003

2021

Who decoded the double helix structure of DNA?

Warten and Cricket

Watson and Crick

Einstein and Newton

Mendel and Doppler

How long would the DNA of a human cell be, strung together?

2 mm

2 cm

20 cm

2 m

Why did Gregor Mendel work with peas?

Because there was always pea stew in the monastery on Friday.

Because the flower shape was particularly suitable for crossing.

Because peas were the most important food at that time.

Because there are varieties with yellow, red, blue and white flowers.

Your score is

The average score is 63%

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