You’re Such a Square Cut & Paste Activity Teacher Notes/Answer Key
To Use: Cut out the rectangles on both pages and glue them together by the top tab. Students will cut out
the squares and glue them into the appropriate places on the Punnett Squares to complete them. Then,
have students complete questions 1-6 as they relate to the six Punnett squares.
Answers:
1. What are the possible offspring genotypes? Bb
What are the possible offspring phenotypes if B=big ears b
little ears? Big ears
How many offspring will loklike one or both of the
parents? None willlook lke the parents
2. Whatare the parent genotypes for this cross? BB x8b
\Whatare the parent phenotypes? BB and Bb= big ears
List the offspring genotypes and phenotypes BB = big ears Bb
=bigears
3, What are the parent genotypes and phenotypes? Bb=
small ears
How manyoffspring will have 2 genotype of BB? 0 Bb? 0
How many offspring will ave 2 Big ear phenotype? O
4, How many offspring will have big ears? 4/4 small ears?
ofa
‘What percentage of offspring will havea genotype of 88?
50%
‘What percentage of offspring wil loklike one or both of
theirparents? 100% will have big ears just like their parents
5. What percentage of offspring areidentical tothe
parents? 100%
How manyoffspring willbe purebred? 100% 88
How manyoffspring will be hybrid? 0% Bb
6, Whatis the ratioof BB:Bb:bb? 1:21
‘What percentage of offspring will be heterozygous? 50% Bb
Homozygous dominant? 25% BB
Homozygous recessive? 25% bb