3.18 Unit Test Study Guide

Which characteristic cannot be inherited?

• the ability to win a soccer game

• length of fur in dogs

• shape of ears in pigs

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Which statement correctly describes the mechanism of inheritance?

• Alleles from heterozygous chromosomes determine traits.

• Chromosomes on homozygous genes determine traits.

• Alleles on homologous chromosomes determine traits.

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If a long tail is a dominant characteristic, in which case is the characteristic of a long tail definitely expressed?

• when neither allele contains instructions for a long tail

• when at least one allele contains instructions for a long tail

• when both parents have a long tail

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What did Mendel's cross-pollination of pea plants prove?

• Each parent only passes on one-half of its hereditary factors to each offspring.

• It takes four generations of offspring to identify the parents' factors.

• There is no such thing as a true-breeding plant; they all have hidden factors.

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The lion-tailed macaque is a species of Old World monkey.

Which group will the lion-tailed macaque reproduce with?

• other lion-tailed macaques

• other macaques

• any monkey species

What determines the similarities in anatomical features among organisms?

• geographical location

• • weather and climate

• genes and chromosomes

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A frog is the best jumper in the pond due to its long legs.

What is true about this frog's heritable traits?

• Its parents passed on genes for jumping distances through the chromosomes found in their gametes.

• Its parents taught it the tricks to jumping farther.

• Its parents passed on genes for longer legs through the chromosomes found in their gametes.

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