Growth & Development of Organisms

What is Behavior?

• response to a stimulus

• learning

• response to food

• having fun

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An example of an animals behavior to find a mate is

• Dance, fight, sing songs

• Run away from each other

• Eating dinner together

• A date night to the movies

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Fish reproduce sexually. Fish offspring will have genes that are

• similar but not identical to their parents

• identical to only 1 parent

• completely different from both parents

• a mix of the 2 parents

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Sexual reproduction means that the offspring have

• 25% of their genes from mother and 75% from their father

• all of their genes from only one parent

• half of their genes from mother and half from father

• 75% of their genes from mother and 25% from their father

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Which is a characteristic of asexual reproduction?

• Half of the offspring have traits similar to the parents

• All of the inherited traits are the same as the parents

• Half of the inherited traits come from two parents

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Dogs have 48 chromosomes and reproduce sexually. Where does a puppy get its chromosomes from?

• 48 chromosomes from mother and 0 from father

• 24 chromosomes from mother and 24 from father

• 0 chromosomes from mother and 48 from father

• 40 chromosomes from mother and 8 from father

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A plant that has traits identical to the parent plant provides evidence that the plant

• resulted from sexual reproduction

• will develop many seeds

• will have large leaves

• resulted from asexual reproduction

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Which of the statements is TRUE about both asexual reproduction AND sexual reproduction?

• Both require two parents

• Both make offspring with genes different from the parents

• Both require only one parent

• Both produce new living things

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Which of the following statements about asexual reproduction is TRUE?

• Asexual reproduction requires two parents

• Offspring are identical to their 1 parent

• Offspring are different than their parents

• Offspring get half their genes from each of their 2 parents

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Which of the following statements about sexual reproduction is TRUE?

• Sexual reproduction requires only one parent.

• Offspring are identical to their parent.

• Offspring are different from their parents.

• Offspring get all genes from 1 parent.

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