Genetics Test Review

The chart below show physical traits of a family. Which best explains this data?

• Mason inherited characteristics from his father only

• Maddie inherited characteristics from her mother only

• Maddie inherited her characteristics from her father and her mother

• Mason inherited characteristics from his mother only

Most young animals inherit similar appearances, such as shape and color, from their parent animals. Which best describes why a baby deer (fawn) has spots when the adult deer do not?

• The spots help camouflage the fawn for protection

• The spots help a fawn to be seen when crossing roads

• The adult deer lose their spots by rubbing against trees

• The spots make the fawn look pretty

Jonathan observes two birds on the beach. One bird has a long, narrow beak while the other bird has a short, thick beak. Which best explains why the two birds have different types of beaks?

• The birds have the same parents

• The birds live in different environments

• The birds are members of different species

• The birds want to have different beaks.

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Lyndie has blue eyes. From which family member did Lyndie most likely inherit her blue eyes?

• her sister

• her brother

• her mother

• her cousin

A mother dog has a litter of puppies. Which is most likely true about the father dog?

• The father dog is darker in color than the mother dog

• The father dog is lighter in color than the mother dog

• The father dog has big spots.

• The father dog is handsome.

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Steve's class is visiting the zoo. He observes that the stripe patterns of two zebras are very different. Which most likely explains why the zebras have two different stripe patterns?

• The zebras eat different types of grass

• The zebras are active at different times in the day

• The zebras react to their habitat at the zoo in different ways

• The zebras are expressing the trait for stripe pattern in different ways.

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Ray will soon have a baby sister. The pictures below represent Ray and his parents. Which will likely be the color of the new baby's hair?

• It will be dark, because the baby will inherit only Ray's characteristics

• It will be dark, because the baby will inherit only the father's characteristics

• It will be light because the baby will inherit only the mother's characteristics

• It could be light or dark, because the baby will inherit characteristics from both parents

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Which is characteristic of heredity?

• Behaviors taught to parents by offspring

• Behaviors taught to offspring by parents

• passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents

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Why do an organism look different from its parents?

• The organism inherits half of its characteristics from the male parent and half from the female parent

• The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the female parent

• The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the male parent

• The organism develops its own set of characteristics after it is born

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