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Grade/Section: Asynchronous 1

“PEA-k me, Pick me”

DIRECTION: From the given pair of words, underlined the word appropriate to complete the paragraph.
Example: (GENETICS/HEREDITY) is the branch of science that deals with the study of heredity and
variation.

(1. GREGOR MENDEL / ARISTOTLE) is an Augustinian monk who lives in the monastery who is
interested in studying how a trait is being passed from parent to offspring. He conducted an experiment using
(2. GARDEN PEA PLANT / GARDEN SWEET PEA) because it is easy to cultivate, allows self and cross-
pollination, reproduces fast, and exhibits several characters which have contrasting traits. Mendel chose a
particular character to study such as flower color then produces a (3. PUREBRED / HYBRID) purple and
white flower garden pea plant. Then he allows this purple and white flower garden pea plant to (4. SELF-
POLLINATE / CROSS-POLLINATE). All of the garden pea plant from the cross has a (5. WHITE /
PURPLE FLOWER) which he later allows to self-pollinate. The garden pea plant from this self-pollination
produces numerous garden pea plants with purple flowers and few white flowers. From his experiments, he
concluded that for a particular character an individual has a (6. PAIR / SEVERAL). When an individual has a
contrasting or dissimilar trait, the (7. RECESSIVE TRAIT / DOMINANT TRAIT) will mask the recessive
trait which is stated in the Principle of Dominance. And during the gamete formation, these pair (8.
SEPARATE / COMBINE) so each gamete receives one which later becomes his Principle of Segregation.
Lastly, he also experiments to examine two characters simultaneously that led to the (9. PRINCIPLE OF
SEGREGATION / PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT). According to this principle, one
character is transmitted (10. DEPENDENTLY / INDEPENDENTLY) of the other character.