Traits and Variations

Why do you look the way you do?

• Inherited traits from parents

• Inherited mother's DNA

• Inherited father's DNA

• Inherited traits from siblings

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Why don't you look half like your mother and half like your father?

• some traits can be hidden and others expressed

• your mother's traits are stronger

• your father's traits are stronger

• only hidden traits are expressed

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What is the best way a scientist can tell that insects are different?

• by studying their DNA

• by studying their color

• by studying their bodies

• by studying their brains

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What is an example of a good mutation?

• The animal can reach food easier.

• The animal can’t process its food.

• The animal can’t see as well.

• The animal can’t reproduce.

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Choose TWO reasons Mendel chose pea plants for his studies.

• Their traits are easy to see and Their traits have only two different forms.

• They mutate easily, and They take a long time to grow.

What does it mean to be a purebred plant for purple flowers?

• It will have only purple flowers.

• It will have only purple flowers.

• It will have green and purple flowers.

• The flowers will complement each other.

Which behavior would NOT be helpful to an animal?

• avoiding predators

• finding a mate

• finding food

• attracting predators

List two specific examples of instinctive behaviors.

• babies crying and chicks pecking

• dogs doing tricks and horses jumping over fences

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the environment of the peppered moth?

• It covered trees with dark soot.

• It covered trees with light soot.

• It killed all the trees.

• It killed all the peppered moths.

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List one example of how the buckeye butterfly can change with its environment.

• It is born with different-colored wings depending on the season.

• Its wings change color every season.

• It can change colors from daytime to nighttime.

• It can camouflage at will.

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