Quiz about Traits & Reproduction Unit Test

Question 1

What is a characteristic that all members of a species have?

Accepted Answer

features

Answer

traits

Answer

variations

Answer

offspring

Question 2

An organism has two copies of a gene for each feature.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

Each offspring receives two copies of each gene from each parent.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 4

Which spider(s) are homozygous for the feature body color? Choose all that apply.

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Option A is correct

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Option C is correct

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Option D is correct

Answer

B.

Question 5

Parents, offspring, and siblings always have the same traits.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

What do we call it when two copies of a gene for a feature are the same and only make one type of protein?

Accepted Answer

homozygous

Answer

gene version

Answer

instructions

Answer

heterozygous

Question 7

Genes are ____________________ for proteins.

Accepted Answer

instructions

Answer

molecules

Answer

mutations

Answer

versions

Question 8

Which of the following is heterozygous AND has medium silk flexibility? Choose all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 9

What are changes to a gene version that can result in changes to proteins?

Accepted Answer

mutations

Answer

genes

Answer

instructions

Answer

variation

Question 10

What are differences in traits between individual organisms?

Accepted Answer

variations

Answer

traits

Answer

features

Answer

instructions

Question 11

What do we call it when two copies of a gene for a feature are different and make two types of proteins?

Accepted Answer

heterozygous

Answer

mutations

Answer

homozygous

Answer

gene version

Question 12

What provides unique instructions to make one specific protein molecule?

Accepted Answer

gene version

Answer

DNA

Answer

silk flexibility

Answer

structure

Question 13

Which of the following is homozygous AND has black stripes? Choose all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 14

Each reproductive cell only has one copy of each _____________.

Accepted Answer

gene

Answer

mutation

Answer

offspring

Answer

chromosome

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a human trait?

Accepted Answer

purple shirt

Answer

brown hair

Answer

tan skin

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blue eyes

Question 16

Genes make proteins.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 17

Organisms inherit their genes through sexual reproduction.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 18

Which of the following is homozygous and has dense bristles? Choose all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

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Option C is correct

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Option D is correct

Answer

B.

Question 19

Selective breeding can be used to produce offspring with desired traits.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 20

What is a specific characteristic of an individual organism?

Accepted Answer

trait

Answer

feature

Answer

variation

Answer

protein

Question 21

Choose the spider that is heterozygous for the feature venom.

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 22

Why do Parent 1 and Parent 2 have an offspring that is yellow, even though they are both brown?

Accepted Answer

The offspring received different combinations of gene versions from the parents.

Answer

The offspring has a mutation.

Answer

The offspring received more traits from Parent 1 than Parent 2.

Answer

The offspring received more traits from Parent 2 than Parent 1.

Question 23

Which word means to receive genes from a parent?

Accepted Answer

inherit

Answer

chromosomes

Answer

mutations

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sexual reproduction

Question 24

Organisms can have two different proteins in their cells for a particular feature.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 25

Which word means how something works?

Accepted Answer

function

Answer

instructions

Answer

structure

Answer

inherit

Question 26

Which of the following is heterozygous AND can kill? Choose all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

Question 27

Which word means the way something is shaped or constructed?

Accepted Answer

structure

Answer

genes

Answer

instructions

Answer

function

Question 28

Identical twins have identical genes.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 29

The function of a protein molecule depends on its ____________________.

Accepted Answer

structure

Answer

color

Answer

genes

Answer

DNA

Question 30

Why does Spider 5 have no silk?

Accepted Answer

Spider 5 only produces protein 3 which does not connect to form a silk strand.

Answer

Spider 5 only produces protein 1 which does not connect to form a silk strand.

Answer

Spider 5 produces all three proteins so none of them connect.

Answer

Spider 5 got in a spider web accident and lost his silk.

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