Genetics Review

Which Human Trait is Most likely inherited from a parent?

• learning to ride a bike

• holding a spoon

• reading a book

• height

The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT

• long hair

• blue eyes

• long eyelashes

• small dimples

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Which of the following best explains why children usually look more like their siblings (brothers and sisters) than their friends?

• They eat more of the same foods and drink as thier siblings

• they spend more time together over the years with their siblings

• they share many of the same genes from their parents with their siblings

• they share more of the same environmental influences with their siblings.

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A deer inherits some of its features from its parents. Other features come from its environment. Which feature would a deer MOST likely inherit from its parents?

• a long scar

• brown eyes

• missing teeth

• a broken antler

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What determines if twins are identical?

• their genes

• their behavior

• their environment

• their personalities

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Why do a mother and kitten look like each other?

• the kitten responded to its environment the same way the mother did

• the kitten is growing up in the same environment as the mother

• the mother passed on many of her traits to the kitten

• the mother trained the kitten to have her traits

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Genetic information is transmitted from parents to offspring through

• cell division

• genes

• learning

• metamorphosis

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In plants, what is responsible for passing traits from one generation to the next?

• chloroplasts

• photosynthesis

• roots

• genes

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Which feature is a kitten MOST likely to inherit from its parents?

• deit

• color

• health

• independence

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Why does the kitten on the right appear to be different from either parent?

• the kitten did not have the proper nutrition during development

• the kitten gets half its traits from both parents, and this creates variation

• the kitten has a disease that makes it look different from its parents

• the kitten is not fully grown and will soon look identical to its parents

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