UNIT 4

Jessica plays soccer for her high school team. Her mom also played soccer in college.

Jessica loves school, but specifically science and writing. Her dad’s favorite subjects in

school were reading and writing, while her mom’s favorite subject were math and

science. Jessica has brown, curly hair. Her mom has brown straight hair, while her

father has black, curly hair.

Jessica’s traits are listed below.

I. Love for science

II. Ability to play soccer

III. Curly hair

IV. Brown hair

V. Love for writing

• III, IV, and V

• III and IV only

• II, IV, and V

• I, III, and IV

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Which of the following is not an example of heredity?

• A green pea plant is produced from a green pea and yellow pea plant.

• Adult hydra reproduces a new identical hydra bud.

• Bears show their cubs how to catch a fish in a river.

• A girl has brown curly hair just like her father.

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Genetic material is primarily responsible for —

• participating in digestion

• creating new enzymes

• governing inherited traits

• removing all cell waste

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Heredity is best described as the —

• removal of waste products from processes within each cell

• creation of new blood cells to replace old blood cells

• movement of nutrients through the digestive system

• passage of genetic information from one generation to the next

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The offspring of asexually reproducing organisms will have genetic material that is best

described as —

• Genes from both parents, in unique combinations

• A copy of the genetic material of the father

• A copy of the genetic material of the mother

• Identical to that of the other offspring

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When comparing the offspring of sexually and asexually reproducing organisms, we

would expect the genetic material of the sexually reproducing organism to —

• show more diversity

• be simpler overall

• be lesser in quantity

• contain fewer mutations

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Compared to the offspring produced by sexual reproduction, the offspring produced by

asexual reproduction will be —

• more genetically uniform

• better adapted to their habitat

• larger in size

• less vulnerable to prey

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Three cousins have a similar appearance but different face shapes.

Which of these cell components are involved in determining the basic shape of each girl’s face?

• Chromosomes, chloroplasts, and vacuoles

• Vacuoles, nucleus, and chromosomes

• Cytoplasm, chloroplasts, and genes

• Genes, chromosomes and Nucleus

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Whether or not an organism reproduces sexually or asexually, the resulting offspring has traits that depend directly on its parent’s or parents’ —

• migration patterns

• habitat location

• physical appearance

• genetic material

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Genes are located in which part of the cell?

• Vacuole

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria

• Chromosome

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