Reproduction and Heredity Review

Made of DNA, this is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity

• chromosomes
• nucleus
• nucleic acid
• mitochondria

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Four puppies have different hair color than the mother, which is responsible for the variety of hair color?

• asexual reproduction
• binary fission
• regeneration
• sexual reproduction

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Which of the following defines heredity?

• The manipulated changing of a trait in an organism
• the study of how characteristics are passed from parent to offspring
• the ability of organisms to adapt to their environment
• the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next

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Which is not an advantage for asexual reproduction?

• Less genetic variation

• No need for a mate

• Quick

• Produces more offspring

Gives an outcome of varied or diverse offspring.

• mitosis

• meiosis

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What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

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What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 

• 50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 
• 25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 
• 75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 
• 0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 

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Which option is the best example of environmental pressures that cause natural selection?

• Ranchers breeding cows
• Farmers creating bigger corn
• Climate and Predators 
• Artificial Selection 

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A mutation causes a new fur color variation to appear in a mouse population. In which of the situations described below would the new fur color become more common than the old color in the mouse population?

• If plenty of food is available in the mouse habitat.

• If the new fur color gene is a recessive allele.

• If the amount of reproduction in the mouse population stays the same.

• If the new fur color gene is helpful in the survival of mice and their offspring.

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What phase is this cell in?

• Mitosis
• Interphase
• Prophase
• Telophase

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