Heredity Unit Test Review

Hitchhikers thumb and cleft chin are examples of...

• acquired traits

• inherited traits

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the genotype of person generation II:4

• Bb

• BB

• bb

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A grizzly bear survives because he is well-adapted to his environment. When he reproduces he passes on those traits to his offspring. this process is called

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Random mutations

• Variations in a species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Another term for Natural Selection is:

• Breeding

• Commensulism

• Communism

• Survival of the fittest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which feature helps an animal hide from other animals?

• looking like a dangerous animal
• being the same color as the place it lives (camoflauge)
• having sharp claws or a strong shel
• having only a few young and caring for them

The purpose of selective breeding is to 

• Get bigger animals
• get smaller animals
• create animals with desirable traits
• create animals with bad traits

When selective breeding food crops what might a farmer select for?

• The plant the produced the most grain

• The plant the produced the largest sized grain

• The plant that was the most disease resistant

• The plant that was the smallest

• The smelliest plant

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An archaeologist made the following diagram of a dig site. What can be said about the pottery as compared to the skull found in the site?

• The rock layer with the pottery is more recent than the rock layer with the skull.
• The rock layer with the skull is more recent than the rock layer with the pottery.
• The rock layer with the skull is approximately the same age as the rock layer with the pottery.
• The rock layer with the skull has an absolute date of 17,000 years.

Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4