Grade 5 Inheritance Test Study Guide

What is the term used to describe the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• Evolution

• Inheritance

• Mutation

• Selection

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Which scientist is known for his work on the inheritance of traits in pea plants?

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einstein

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What is a Punnett Square used for?

• Calculating the speed of an object

• Predicting the weather

• Predicting the possible genetic outcomes of offspring

• Measuring the height of plants

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Which of the following is an example of an inherited trait?

• Learning a new language

• Eye color

• Riding a bicycle

• Reading

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What does the term "homozygous" mean?

• Having two different alleles for a trait

• Having two identical alleles for a trait

• Having no alleles for a trait

• Having one allele for a trait

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What are alleles?

• Types of proteins

• Different variants of a gene

• Cells found in the heart

• A type of chromosome

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What does the term "heterozygous" mean?

• Having no alleles for a trait

• Having one allele for a trait

• Having two identical alleles for a trait

• Having two different alleles for a trait

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What is the term used for the physical appearance of a trait?

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Allelotype

• Chromotype

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Where do alleles occur?

• Changing locations

• Fixed locations

• Varying locations

• They don't

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What is the genotype of an organism that is heterozygous for a trait?

• AA

• aa

• Aa

• AAA

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