An organism inherits its genetic instructions from the-

• organism's offspring

• Organism's parents

• Organism's mating partner

• Organism's prey

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Heredity is defined as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next. Which of the following is NOT an example of these genetic instructions in humans?

• Height

• Skin Color

• Dimples

• Spoken Language

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Which of the following is NOT an example of heredity?

• Lions show their cubs how to hunt for prey

• Bacteria reproduces asexually to create cells identical to the parent cell

• A boy who is 5 feet, 10 inches taller than his father who is 5 feet, 8 inches tall.

• A red geranium plant is bred with a white geranium plant which produces a pink geranium

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What would be a possible disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

• Ability to reproduce in the absence of a mate

• Results in low genetic variation of the species

• Allows for more genetic variation in the offspring

• Takes less time to produce offspring

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In sexual reproduction, how many genes does an offspring receive for each trait?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Hydra reproduce by a process known as budding, as shown in the diagram.

This process is the formation of a new individual that is a clone of the parent.

This type of reproduction is-

• sexual

• sporulation

• asexual

• binary fission

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Which of the following best defines heredity?

• The passage of genetic instruction from one generation to the next generation

• The study of genetic instructions that are passed down from parent to offspring

• The specific sequence of DNA and RNA that code for specific traits

• The process of creating more organisms of a species

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The diagram below represents different processes involved in reproduction.

Which diagram(s) represent sexual reproduction?

• II and III

• III only

• I, II, and IV

• I and II

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What is an ADVANTAGE of offspring produced from sexual reproduction?

• Offspring may be unfit for the environment in which they are formed.

• Traits are consistently conserved from generation to generation

• Offspring are able to have more advantageous traits than their parents

• Offspring are smaller and more active than their parents

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The amoeba is a unicellular protozoan with no fixed shape. It moves by constantly changing the shape of its body. One type of amoeba, Amoeba proteus, reproduces asexually through a process known as binary fission. The cell divides into two seperate cells; the original parent cell and the new cell.

According to the information and the image above, which of the following statements best describes the new amoeba cell?

• The new amoeba cell only contains half of the genetic material from the parent amoeba cell

• The new amoeba cell is a different species than the parent amoeba cell

• The new amoeba cell received half of its genetic material from each parent

• The new amoeba cell is genetically identical to the parent amoeba cell

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