Genetic Change and Traits

An organisms physical traits. 

• Phenotype
• Xylem
• Genotype
• Homozygous

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The genetic make up of an organism is a

• Phenotype
• Xylem
• Genotype
• Homozygous

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Recessive traits are hidden when dominant traits are present.

• True
• False

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Which of the following traits is encoded in your DNA?

• Your personality

• Your likes and dislikes

• Your intelligence

• Your eye color

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What is heredity?

• A kind of genetic disorder

• The way that DNA divides

• A trait you inherit from your parents

• The passing down of traits from parents to children

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8. Which of the following is an example of a beneficial mutation?

• When an organism's lifespan becomes shorter.

• When an organism becomes unable to reproduce

• When an organism's body becomes deformed

• When an organism develops immunity to a disease.

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Mistakes that affect a single gene, or a portion of a chromosome is known as a

• mutation

• variation

• generation

• allele

The DNA of most eukaryotic cells is found in the

• membrane

• nucleaus

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

A bacterium that undergoes a mutation that makes the bacterium resistant to an antibiotic would be less likely to successfully reproduce

• True

• False

The main function of genes is

• production of genetic variation

• asexual reproduction

• synthesis of proteins

• DNA replication