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Sc.6.L.16.1

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6th - 8th Grade

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Sc.6.L.16.1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of heredity?

The storage of information in the nucleus of every cell in the body

The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to another

The relationship of one organism to another by evolutionary history

The adaptation of an organism for better survival in a new habitat

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The diagram shows the pedigree for three generations and the individuals affected by a disease. How many of the individuals shown on this pedigree are affected by the disease?

2

5

6

8

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As part of a genetics investigation, Whitney collected the hereditary information (DNA) of a strawberry. What is the source of the DNA for the strawberry plant?

It was absorbed from the soil

It was passed on from the parent plant

It was created by the plant using sunlight

It was borrowed from animals that feed on the plant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Our traits are determined by our genes and these traits are inherited. Where do our genes come from?

our father

our mother

from both parents equally

part from our mother but mostly from our father

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Why is DNA important?

it is very small and very complicated
it's in everything
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
because we eat it every day for energy

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Examine the Punnett square.Which of the following choices gives the alleles of the parents shown here?

BB and BB

BB and Bb

Bb and Bb

Bb and bb

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these choices best describes what the shaded box represents?

one possible combination of alleles in all offspring

the only possible combination of alleles in an offspring

the only possible combination of alleles in the female parent

one possible combination of alleles in the male, but not the female parent

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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