Traits Master Quiz

A daisy with orange flowers produces offspring. The flowers of the offspring are yellow. The parent daisy and the offspring daisy are shown in the picture below. What does this show about daisies?

• Offspring daisies may look different from their parent daisy.

• Offspring daisies will always be taller than their parent daisy.

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Which of the following lists includes only traits that Kayla inherited from her parents?

• W: likes baseball, favorite color is pink, brown hair

• X: straight hair, brown eyes, brown hair

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Greg was growing an unusual orange daisy in his garden. He carefully saved the seeds to plant next summer. What color might he expect the daisies from these seeds to be?

• orange

• purple

• blue

• red

The picture below shows two parent plants. For this type of plant, offspring have a combination of traits from their parents. Which of these plants could be an offspring of the two parents above?

• Y

• X

• Z

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Suppose a large group of wild gerbils moves to a new environment. After they have been there for a while, a male gerbil and a female gerbil have a baby. The chart below talks about the different colors of fur that the gerbils in the group have. Fur color is an inherited trait. What color of fur will the baby gerbil most likely have?

• white

• dark brown

• both light brown and white

• light brown

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The color of a pea plant's flowers changes when the pea plant has offspring.

• The color of a pea plant's flowers changes when the pea plant has offspring.

• A pea plant can produce an offspring that is not a pea plant.

• The flower color of a pea plant's offspring cannot be predicted.

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Jana has red hair and freckles. Her four sisters and her mother also have red hair and freckles. Jana is very shy. However, neither her sisters nor her mother is shy. This is an example of how

• offspring can be similar to their parents and each other in appearance but can have different behaviors.

• offspring can only be similar to their parents and each other in behaviors, not in appearance.

• offspring must be exactly the same as their parents and each other in both appearance and behaviors.

• offspring must be completely different from their parents and each other in both appearance and behaviors.

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Which of the following is true of a parent's offspring?

• They must be exactly the same as the parent and other offspring.

• They must be completely different from the parent but similar to the other offspring.

• They must be completely different from the parent and other offspring.

• They can be similar to the parent and other offspring.

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Which of the following is most likely true?

• The yellow puppies will turn brown as they grow.

• The puppies' mother used to be yellow.

• The puppies' father is a yellow Labrador.

• The yellow puppies have a disorder that causes their fur to be a light color.

How is a plant most likely to be different from its parents?

• It will grow in a different place.

• It will grow best in a different season.

• The shape of its leaves will be different.

• It will make a different kind of fruit.

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