Heredity and Diversity pt 2

After reading article, "The Prince's Dilemma Ends...", Which of the following shows How the young boy gets his gap in his teeth?

• from his chromosomes from his father

• when he fell one time

• from his chromosomes from his mother

• from his brother

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Why does the child of the new king have red hair?

• he dyed it that color

• it was passed through the chromosomes

• the sun made it red

• he got a red wig

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

From the story, which definition best fits the word "chromosomes?"

• a magic trick

• a way for traits to pass from a parent to their child

• red hair

• princes

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What did scientists use to gather information in the early days of scientific experimentation?

• three of their senses

• four of their senses

• their five senses

• two of their senses

How is scientific experimentation different today than it was in the early days?

• Scientists have many more tools now than they did in the early days.

• Scientists have fewer tools now than they did in the early days.

• Scientists have a couple more tools now than they did in the early days.

• Scientists do not use tools now compared to the early days.

How do scientists gather more information now than they did in the early days of scientific experimentation?

• Scientists can not gather more information now compared to the early days.

• Scientists still only use their five senses for scientific experimentation.

• Scientists have a wide variety of tools that help them explore in more detail now compared to the early days.

• Scientists only use technology for scientific experimentation.

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In the article, "Playing with a Full Deck...."

Which supply is not required to reproduce the above experiment?

• an Uno deck or other deck of playing cards

• pencil

• map pencils

• science journal

What does this activity best demonstrate about individual traits that are passed down from parents to their children?

• Traits are sporadic and will be unique with each successive child.

• Two parents will consistently reproduce identical traits in each child.

• DNA is constantly changing, but traits will be the same in each child with the same parents.

• Parents are not responsible for any traits passed down to their children.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Reviewing the illustration above, what are the major comparisons in the strips of playing cards?

• each card in every strip is a multiple of five

• no strip has a playing card higher than a king

• none have face cards

• each strip is comprised of two distinct suits

In the article, "Let's Investigate", What was the question that was asked of the suspect?

• What day was the bank robbed?

• When was the bank robbed?

• Where were you when the bank was robbed?

• Did you rob the bank?