Chapter 2 Quiz

Choose the word to match the definition:

a living thing that comes from parents

• inherit

• reproduce

• genes

• offspring

Choose the word to match the definition:

instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parents to offspring

• inherit

• reproduce

• genes

• offspring

Choose the word to match the definition:

to get something that is passed down

• inherit

• reproduce

• genes

• offspring

Choose the word to match the definition:

to make offspring

• inherit

• reproduce

• genes

• offspring

Which is true?

• Offspring have similar traits to their parents, sometimes they have more traits like one parent than the other.

• Offspring are always completely different from both parents.

Where do our traits come from?

• Our traits come from pets.

• We inherit our genes and traits from both parents.

• We inherit our genes and traits from someone else's parents.

What patterns can one notice just by observing this fruit fly family. Choose ALL that apply.

• All the offspring are yellow with black stripes like parent 1.

• Some of the offspring have brown eyes like parent 1 and some have white eyes like parent 2.

• All of the offspring have long wings like parent 2.

• The offspring look nothing like their parents.

A human can inherit the following traits EXCEPT...

• blue eyes

• long hair

• long eyelashes

• a silly laugh

Why do the offspring in this fly family look different from one another?

• Parent 2 made offspring with a bee.

• The offspring inherited different instructions from their fly parents, making them have different traits.

Children from the same parents can have different eye and hair color?

• True

• False