Heredity Quiz #3

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey
• water to rain
• parents to offspring
• fungi to protists

If a child has red hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

Characteristics that are passed from parents to their offspring are called 

• behaviors
• learned traits
• inherited traits
• functions

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

• eye color
• tongue rolling
• height
• speaking a language

An acquired trait means _________.

• your sister gave it to you
• it is learned or happened after birth
• you are a squire for the king
• your parents gave it to you

Which of the following is NOT a gamete?

• brain cell

• egg

• sperm

• sex cell

The cell division process that creates egg

and sperm cells

• mitosis

• replication

• meiosis

• diffusion

Body cells are also known as

• somatic cells

• gametes

• haploid cells

• sex cells

Which of the following is NOT a somatic cell?

• sperm

• skin cell

• blood cell

• bone cell

female sex cell

• zygote

• egg

• sperm

• meiosis