Genetics Quiz

What is an inherited characteristic?

• A learned characteristic that parents give to offspring.

• A trait parents give to offspring after they're born.

• A trait parents give to offspring.

• I DON'T KNOW!! HELP!!

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How do clouds form?

• They are cotton candy... Yum.

• They form from evaporation.

• They form from condensation.

• They form from precipitation.

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John has blonde hair. His dad has black hair and his mom has brown hair. How does John have blonde hair?

• His grandparents might have brown hair and passed it to their children including John.

• No answer in text provided.

• His kids have blonde and they passed to him.

• His grandparents might have blonde hair and passed it to their children including has mom or dad. The mom or dad had a dominate gene so they didn't have blonde hair. Lastly, one of them passed to John.

Which ones are characteristics that are acquired?

• Bob dyed his hair brown even though that was his natural hair color.

• Robinson's ability to jump because of his big feet.

• Susan's trait of being shy.

• John's new haircut.

What is heredity?

• The process of siblings having the same characteristics.

• The process of parents giving traits to their children.

• The process of herding cows.

• The process of uncles giving traits to nephews.

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The first step to the scientific method is...

• an observation.

• an experiment

• a hypothesis.

• ? - I don't know...

Sally's mom has brown hair. Sally's dad has black hair. How does Sally have blonde hair?

• This is a great mystery... no one can solve... because... no answer in text provided.

• Her brother has blonde hair.

• Her dad and mom have blonde hair genes.

• Sally got her blonde jeans from her parents.