Inherit Traits

Which is the best way to reasonably predict what a puppy will look like?

• Look at both parents of the puppy.
• Look at the parents of the puppy's mother.
• Look at the mother's older puppies from a previous litter.
• Look at dogs that are the same breed as the puppy's father.

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Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• reading
• eye color
• table manners
• juggling

Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express
• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats
• a characteristic that is passed on from one’s parents
• a characteristic that is influenced by one’s surroundings

tongue rolling

• inherited
• acquired

All of the offspring of an organism have the same genetic material, which is identical to the parent organism. From this, we can conclude that this organism -

• makes its own food

• is unicellular

• live in a marine habitat

• reproduces asexually

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Where does an off spring get its traits in asexual reproduction?

• From both parents
• From only one parent
• From neither parent
• There are no traits handed down

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What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

• Allows genetic variation
• Only needs one parent
• Happens very quickly
• Offspring are exact copies of parent

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T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

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G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

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