Genetics Quiz

Genetics Quiz

7th Grade

18 Qs

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Genetics Quiz

Genetics Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-1, HS-LS4-4, MS-LS1-5

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The short-leg trait would be transmitted to the next generation of cats through

fats

nutrients

genes

mutations

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What characteristic of the cactus is most likely the result of an inherited trait?

Cactus reproduce only from seeds

Native Americans made pots from barrel cactus

Birds and rodents help spread cactus seeds

Rainstorms sometimes expose the barrel cactus roots

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which characteristic is affected by interactions with the environment?

weight

eye color

blood type

handedness

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Freckles are spots of pigment on the skin. Which statement provides the best argument supported by evidence that this trait is inherited through genetic material passed from parents to children?

Freckles frequently occur in people with red hair and pale skin

Parents with freckles tend to have children with freckles.

People with specific gene alleles on a specific gene always have freckles.

People with a specific number and types of chromosomes always have freckles.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Eye color in human beings is an

instinct

acquired trait

inherited trait

environmentally influenced trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A plant growing on a hillside has a stem that curves so that the plant is vertical. This curve is not observed in plants of the same species growing on level ground. Which statement best explains the curved stem of the plant growing on the hillside?

It is a trait for which the plant has no genes

It is a trait that is usually detrimental to plant survival.

It is a trait that developed in response to temperature variations.

It is a trait that is only expressed under particular conditions.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A mouse is placed at one end of a cardboard maze that has a piece of cheese at the other end. The mouse smells the cheese and learns how to find it. The mouse is using an

acquired trait to gain an inherited trait

inherited trait to gain an acquired trait

acquired trait to gain another acquired trait

inherited trait to gain another acquired trait

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