Heredity

Heredity

By Katherine Edde

Multiple Choice

Which of the following do your genes affect?

• your ability to play soccer

• how your body grows and looks

• your ability to ride a bike

• the function of your circulatory system

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Your sister is very good at playing the piano. What is her piano playing ability an example of?

• a learned behavior

• an inherited trait

• a dominant gene

• a recessive gene

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What are recessive genes?

• strong genes that are in control.

• genes that help you learn new things

• genes that you only get from your father

• weaker genes that hide when dominant gemes are present

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Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• using a computer

• freckles

• playing video games

• reading books

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The gene for brown eyes is dominant. What is needed in order for a person to have brown eyes?

• no genes for brown eyes

• two green eye genes

• at least one brown eye gene

• three brown eye genes

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What is a learned behavior?

• something you are taught or learn through experience

• a feature that you are born with

• traits and physical features that your parents pass on to you

• tiny sets of instructions inside every cell in your body

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What is true about learned behaviors?

• They determine which genes are dominant and which genes are recessive

• they control how tall or short you are

• they determine what color your eyes and hair will be

• they make it possible for people to learn new things

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