Genetics and Heredity Review

Which of the following diagrams illustrate sexual reproduction?

• I and II

• I and III

• II and III

• III and IV

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Four puppies in the same litter have different hair color than the mother dog. Which of the following processes is responsible for the variety of hair color in this litter?

• asexual reproduction

• binary fission

• regeneration

• sexual reproduction

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During asexual reproduction in one-celled algae, a single algae becomes two new algae. The genetic material in each of the daughter cells is usually —

• half the number of genes

• totally different from the parent cell

• the same number of genes

• twice the number of genes

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Sexual reproduction —

• results in genetic variation in the offspring

• produces offspring that are identical to the parent

• decreases the chances of survival of the species

• results in genetic material being donated to offspring by only one parent

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A student hypothesizes that green pod color in pea plants is dominant and yellow pod color is recessive. Which observation would disprove this hypothesis?

• Two plants with green pods produce an offspring with green pods

• Two plants with yellow pods produce an offspring with green pods.

• Two plants with green pods produce an offspring with yellow pods.

• Two plants with yellow pods produce an offspring with yellow pods.

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Which of these occurs in sexual reproduction but not in asexual reproduction?

• Genes carry genetic information.

• An offspring is made of cells.

• Cells from two organisms combine.

• An offspring inherits a set of traits.

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Which of the following would result in the most diverse offspring?

• bees bringing pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of an another

• an orchid with a flower structure that forces self-pollination

• planting a cutting from a potato to grow a new potato plant

• a plant that grows a bud and eventually falls off, that looks exactly like the parent

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Genetic information responsible for physical characteristics such as eye color, height, hair color, and skin color can be found within an organism’s -

• ribosome

• golgi body

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

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When a litter of puppies is born, the pups will exhibit certain physical characteristics that can be found in one or both of the parent dogs. These characteristics passed down from parent to offspring are considered to be-

• acquired traits

• recessive traits

• genotypes

• inherited traits

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Hydra reproduce by a process known as budding, as shown in the diagram below.

This process is the formation of a new individual that is a clone of the parent.

This type of reproduction is —

• sexual

• sporulation

• asexual

• binary fission

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