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7th -
9thgrade
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceCharacteristics passed from parents to their offspring.behaviorlearned traitinherited traitfunction
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA behavior that is developed by observing others or by being taught is aAcquired traitinherited traitadaptationfunction
- 3. Multiple Choice
The passing down of traits from parent to offspring.
heredity
environmental traits
recessive trait
punnett square
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?eye colortongue rollingheightspeaking a language
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is not an inherited trait?a bird building a nesta turtle burying its eggsa bear hibernating in wintera horse pulling a plow
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?brown haircrying a lotability to jump highhis ability to talk
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT...long hairblue eyeslong eyelashessmall dimples
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich characteristic is inherited?hair colorsleeping lateenjoying hikingloving to read
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich is an example of a acquired characteristic?color of a dog's furcolor blindness of a personthe ability of a mouse to run a mazea person's ability to roll their tongue
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.He hates playing basketball so he doesn't care if his dad can play.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes an inherited trait?a characteristic one chooses to expressa characteristic one receives from the food one eatsa characteristic that is passed on from one's parentsa characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings
- 12. Multiple Choice_________ is known as the product of parentsInfantToddlerOffspringAdolescent
- 13. Multiple Choice__________are located on the chromosomes of DNA, these are the instructions, which determines the inherited traits of offspring.GenesTraitsChromosomesCells
- 14. Multiple Choice_______ is the study of heredity; the study of the passing on of inherited traits from parents to offspring.BiologyChemistryGeneticsZoology
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe stronger (dominant) genes that show up in offspring are known as _________. Examples include brown eyes, brown hairrecessive genesinherited traitslearned behaviorsdominant genes
- 16. Multiple Choice_______ are the weaker genes which hide behind the dominant genes. It takes two or more of the genes to show up in order for this trait to be represented in offspring. Examples include blond hair, green, blue, or hazel eyes.Recessive genesDominant genesChromosomesInherited traits
- 17. Multiple ChoiceGenes are located on the ________ of DNA. Each human contains 46. We get 23 from our mom and 23 from our dad.TraitsCellsChromosomesChloroplasts
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is an inherited trait?a person's heightwhere a person livesa person's ability to writea person learning a new language
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an inherited trait?Tara's red hairRyan's bank accountBetty's dancing skillsMarco's excellent Spanish
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich is a trait that people are born with?The dislike of certain foodsThe ability to play the pianoThe ability to roll your tongueThe ability to speak a foreign language
- 21. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are inherited traits, EXCEPT _________.Having a dreamScratching an itchThrowing a ballCrying in pain
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe following terms are directly associated with heredity and genetics, EXCEPT ________.GenesInherited TraitsChromosomesLearned Behaviors
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWho is considered the "father of genetics"?Gregor MendelReginald PunnettJames WatsonJustin Bieber
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIf one parent has blue eyes and one parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have blue eyes.TrueFalse
- 25. Multiple ChoiceAn allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is presentDNADominant alleleTrait
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes (physical)TraitExpression (gene)Allele
- 27. Multiple ChoiceAn organism’s physical appearance or visible traits“What you look like”DNAPhenotypeGenotypeMutation
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThe genetic material that carries information about an organism passed from parentsChromosomesSexual reproductionGeneDNA
- 29. Multiple ChoiceA double rodded condensed chromatin that carries genetic informationChromosomesDNARecessive allele
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe set of information that controls a traitDominant alleleGenotypeGene
- 31. Multiple ChoiceAn organism’s genetic makeupHomozygousMutationAlleleGenotype
- 32. Multiple ChoiceHappens when instructions of the gene are carried outExpression (GENE)Recessive alleleDNAGene
- 33. Multiple ChoiceA different form of a geneAllelesGenotypeHomozygous
- 34. Multiple ChoiceHaving two different alleles for a traitHeterozygousAllelesMutationHomozgous
- 35. Multiple ChoiceHaving two identical alleles for the same traitGeneHomozygousExpression geneHeterozygous
- 36. Multiple ChoiceA change in a gene or chromosomeDnaTraitMutation
- 37. Multiple ChoiceAn allele that is masked when a dominant allele is presentGenotypeGeneRecessive allele
- 38. Multiple ChoiceA condition in which neither of two alleles of a gene is dominant or recessiveprobabilityPunnett squarecodominance
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThe likelihood that a particular event will occurheterozygousprobabilitygenotype
- 40. Multiple ChoiceA chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic crosspunnett squareprobabilityphenotype
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat is genetics?The study of DNA nucleotidesThe study of heredityThe study of a cell dividing into 2The study of eye color
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a genotype?The genetic make up (code)The physical trait
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThe transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism in order to produce an organism with desired traits.Genetic EngineeringKaryotypePedigreeGenome
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThe process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation.Gene TherapyGenomeSelective BreedingPedigree
- 45. Multiple ChoiceThe father of Genetics:Albert EinsteinGregor MendelRobert HookeTheodore Schwann
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThe chance that an event will occur is called?PredictionSolutionProbabilityProcedure
- 47. Multiple ChoiceSelective, deliberate change of genes by man. (Putting genes from one organism into another)Genetic EngineeringCloningHybridizationInbreeding
- 48. Multiple ChoiceAny change in the sequence of DNA is...transgenic shiftSingle GenotypeMonohybrid TraitMutation
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