Traits and Reproduction Quiz

Instructions on how to create protein

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• genes

• mutations

Genes construct protein molecules

• True, genes come together to form the protein

• False, genes demolish proteins.

• False, ribosomes construct proteins.

• False, genes house the DNA only.

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Greg has low silk flexibility because the ________ affects how flexible the silk can get.

• structure (shape) of the protein

• color of the protein

• silk gland cell

• number of proteins inside the cell

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Proteins are responsible for ...

• building muscle

• creating traits

• supplying oxygen

• building cells

Which is an example of a feature for a spider.

(2 right answers)

• colorless body color

• Medium silk flexibility

• No venom

• silk stickiness

• stripe color

Gene version or allele is specifically located

• Within a protein

• within a chromosome

• within a ribosome

• in the cell

Supertasters were able to taste a very nasty/bitter taste on this paper versus medium tasters and normal tasters. A Supertaster is a specific characteristics, an example of a ____

A father rabbit had long ears while the mother rabbit had short ears. Which of these statements explains why one of the baby bunnies could have long ears?

• The baby bunny inherited its copies of the gene for ear length from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its ears long.

• The baby bunny inherited its copies of the gene for ear length from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its ears long.

• The baby bunny inherited one copy of the gene for ear length from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that connect in ways that make long ears.

 A shark pup has a pointed fin. Its mother also had a pointed fin, but its father had a rounded fin. Which of these statements explains why the shark pup has a pointed fin?

• The shark pup inherited its copies of the gene for fin shape from its mother and not from its father. Just like its mother’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its fin pointed.

• The shark pup inherited one copy of the gene for fin shape from its mother and one copy from its father. Those genes connect together to make its fin pointed.

• The shark pup inherited one copy of the gene for fin shape from its mother and one copy from its father. That gene combination instructs for proteins that connect in ways that make its fin pointed.

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 There are two wolves that have the same proteins for paw size in their cells. The wolves have different parents. What can you say about the wolves' paw size?

• They will have the same paw size since their proteins for paw size are the same so the proteins will connect in the same way.

• They will have the same paw size since all wolves have the same paw size.

• They will have different paw sizes because even with the same proteins for paw size, the proteins can connect in different ways.

• They will have different paw sizes since only offspring from the same parents have the same size paws.