Intro to Genetics

How many chromosomes do you have?

• 6

• 23

• 46

• 380

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Why do most animals look similar to their parents?

• They learned how to look like their parents

• Their looks came from the environment

• They chose to look like their parents

• Their looks came from the DNA passed down from their parents

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Where did your parents get their looks from?

• Each other

• Your grandparents

• Their children

• Their doctor

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What is inside your chromosomes?

• Instructions from your DNA

• Instructions from your father

• Instruction from your mother

• Nothing, they are filled with empty space

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If a baby receives a green eye gene from mom and a green eye gene from dad the baby will have...

• Blue eyes

• Brown eyes

• Green eyes

• Hazel eyes

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If a baby receives a brown eye gene from mom and a green eye gene from dad, the baby will have...

• Blue eyes

• Brown eyes

• Green eyes

• Hazel eyes

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Who is considered the father of genetics?

• Greg Meble

• Gregor Mendel

• George Mable

• Geoffrey Mendez

What plants did Gregor Mendel study?

• Pepper Plants

• Pea Plants

• Peach Trees

• Pear Trees

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Dominate genes...

• are in control and always show up in a person

• are hidden in the background

• are only received from your father

• are only received from your mother

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Is it ever possible for your mom and your dad to have brown eyes, and you have blue eyes?

• Yes

• No

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