VC-Inheritance & Variation of Traits Review

A branch of biology that studies genes, heredity, and variation of organisms

• genetics

• heredity

• biology

• physics

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The passing of traits from parent to offspring (children)

• heredity

• genetics

• biology

• physics

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The process that helps individual cells reproduce - one “parent cell”

• mitosis

• meiosis

• heredity

• genetics

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Occurs in all animals that reproduce sexually - 2 parents

• meiosis

• mitosis

• heredity

• genetics

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Where is all of the genetic information (DNA) found in the cell?

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

The process of creating new cells from existing cells is called mitosis

• True

• false

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The purpose of mitosis is __________

• growth of organisms

• repair of damaged tissue

• both growth of organisms and repair of damaged tissue

• neither growth of organisms and repair of damaged tissue

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Meiosis leads to ..

• four offspring cells

• genetic variation

• both four offspring cells and genetic variation

• cloning

• four offspring cells, genetic variation, and cloning

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After meiosis the number of chromosomes is the same in the parent and offspring cells.

• true

• false

Pea plants were particularly a good choice for use in Mendel’s experiments for all of the following reasons except that …

• Peas show easily observed variations in a number of characters, such as pea shape and flower color

• It is possible to completely control matings between different pea plants

• It is possible to obtain large numbers of offspring from one cross

• Peas live for an unusually long time