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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Becoming a Scientist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are chromosomes found?
(a) In a cell's nucleous.
(b) In a cell's spindle.
(c) In a cell's nucleolus.
(d) On a cell's centrosome.

2. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Mice.
(c) Caterpillars.
(d) Maize.

3. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

4. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?
(a) A banker.
(b) A rodeo queen.
(c) A school teacher.
(d) A professional harpist.

5. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
(a) Division prophase.
(b) Meiosis.
(c) Metaphase.
(d) Mitosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

2. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

3. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?

4. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?

5. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?

(see the answer key)

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