Unit 5 Genetics and Heredity

Unit 5 Genetics and Heredity

9th - 10th Grade

16 Qs

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Unit 5 Genetics and Heredity

Unit 5 Genetics and Heredity

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Science

9th - 10th Grade

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NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the name of the process pictured and what is the overall result of this process?

mutation, gene damaged

Segregation, separation of homologous chromosomes

replication, DNA copied

crossing over, increased genetic variation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Meiosis best demonstrates which laws that Mendel developed during his pea plant experiments?

Law of Segregation

Cell Theory

Law of Dominance

Law of Independent Assortment

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Sadie is the oldest of six siblings. All of her brothers and sisters are related, but they all look different from each other and their parents. What evidence would support the claim that the genetic variation among Sadie's siblings is from new combinations of genetic material?

crossing over during meiosis

solar radiation

segregation of chromosomes

insertion mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Two parents have the genotype Gg for a genetic disorder caused by a dominant allele. What is the chance that any of their children will inherit the disorder?

25%

50%

75%

100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following conclusions was a result of Mendel's observations?

Organisms that give rise to purebreds are genetically superior.

Organisms that have intermediate features are self-pollinating.

Organisms inherit two copies of each gene, one from each parent.

Organisms that self-pollinate do not have "either-or" features.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A plant that is homozygous for red flowers is crossed with a plant that is homozygous for white flowers. In the case of incomplete dominance, the flowers of the offspring will be what?

red only

white only

pink

red and white spotted

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Blake has an AB blood type and his sister has type O. Blake is unsure of his mother's blood type. Still, he knows his mother's parents have blood genotypes of AA and O. Using Punnet squares, what would be the genotypic ratio of offspring blood type possibilities if Blake's father and mother had another child?

3:1

2:2

2:1:1

1:1:1:1

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

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