Genetics Quiz

Which of the following do your genes affect?

• your ability to play soccer

• how your body grows and looks

• your ability to ride a bike

• the function of your circulatory system

Lily is a very good piano player. What is her piano playing ability an example of?

• a learned behavior

• an inherited trait

• a dominant gene

• a recessive gene

What are recessive genes?

• strong genes that are in control

• genes that help you learn new things

• genes that you only get from your father

• weaker genes that hide when a dominant gene is present

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• using a computer

• freckles

• playing video games

• reading books

What is a learned behavior?

• something you are taught or learn through experience

• a feature that you are born with

• traits and physical features that your parents pass to you

• tiny sets of instrucitons inside every cell in your body

What is true about learned behaviors?

• They determine which genes are dominant and which genes are recessive

• They control how tall or short you are

• They determine what color hair and eyes you have

• They make is possible for people to keep growing and learning new things

99% of our DNA is exactly the same

• TRUE

• FALSE

DNA stands for

• Drinks Never Add

• Don't make another tik tok

• Don't Need Air

• deoxyribonucleic acid

a characteristic that is passed on from your parents

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• inherited trait

• behavior

the study of heredity

• acquired trait

• gene

• genetics

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