
Three tigers have different parents. They all have the same proteins for stripe pattern in their cells. What can you say about the tigers' stripe patterns?
Two goldfish have different parents. One fish has a split tail and the other does not. Why do the goldfish have tails with different shapes?
A young goat has downward-curved horns. Its father has upward-curved horns while its mother has downward-curved horns. Which of these statements explains why the young goat has downward-curved horns?
Sh’qira reads an article about a family of wildcats. One of them had a mutation for tooth sharpness. Which of these statements about the wildcat with the mutation is true?
There are two junco birds that each have different proteins in their cells for beak pointiness. They have different parents. What can you say about the birds' beak pointiness?
Two rabbits live in two different environments. One rabbit has ears that flop over, and the other rabbit has ears that stand straight up. Why do the rabbits have ears with different shapes?
A father sheep has curly wool while a mother sheep has straight wool. Which of these statements explains why one of their baby lambs has curly wool?
The body cells of scorpions have proteins that connect together. In one scorpion, the structure of the proteins in the body cells changed, but the amount of that type of protein in the cell stayed the same. What happened to the function of that type of protein?
Hannah is trying to figure out how tooth size is determined in two different wolves. In wolf 1, the copies of the gene are different from each other. In wolf 2, the copies of the gene are the same as each other. How does this affect how many types of proteins there are in each tooth cell?
There are two bears that both have the same proteins for ear shape in their cells. The bears have different parents. What can you say about the bears' ear shape?
Two fruit flies have different parents. One fruit fly has orange eyes while the other has red eyes. Why do the fruit flies have different eye colors?
A baby crawfish has a long tail. Its mother has a long tail while its father has a short tail. Which of these statements explains why the baby has a long tail?
Henry is studying a family of tree frogs that have poisonous skin, and he finds one frog with a mutation for the poison feature. Which of these statements about the tree frog with the mutation is true?
Two sharks have different parents. The two sharks have different proteins in their cells for the color on the tip of their fins. What can you say about the color on the tip of the two sharks' fins?
Echidnas hatch from an egg and develop bristles as they mature. Two echidnas have different parents. One has thick bristles while the other has thin bristles. Why do the echidnas have bristles with different thicknesses?
A father parakeet has blue chest feathers while a mother parakeet has green chest feathers. Which of these statements explains why their baby parakeet has blue chest feathers?
The wing cells of dragonflies have proteins that connect together. In one dragonfly, the structure of the proteins in the wing cells changed, but the amount of that type of protein in the cell stayed the same. What happened to the function of that type of protein?
Brayden is trying to figure out how petal shape is determined in two different roses. In the pink rose, the copies of the gene are the same as each other. In the yellow rose, the copies of the gene are different from each other. How does this affect how many types of proteins there are in each petal cell?
What is an ALLELE?
What is a CHROMOSOME?
What is DNA?
What is a FEATURE?
What is FERTILIZATION?
What is FUNCTION?
What is a GENE?
What is a GENE VERSION?
What does HETEROZYGOUS mean?
What does HOMOZYGOUS mean?
What does INHERIT mean?
What is a MUTATION?
What is a NONFUNCTIONAL PROTEIN?
What is the NUCLEUS?
What is an OFFSPRING?
What is a PROTEIN MOLECULE?
What are RIBOSOMES?
What is SEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
What is a TRAIT?
What is a VARIATION?
What is STRUCTURE?