Heredity

Which is the best way to reasonably predict what a puppy will look like?

• Look at both parents of the puppy.

• Look at the parents of the puppy's mother.

• Look at the mother's oldest puppies from the previous litter.

• Look at dogs that are the same breed at the puppy's father.

Which characteristic of a cat is most likely to be inherited?

• eye color

• birth order

• personality

• adult weight

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Which characteristic is most likely NOT inherited?

• being short

• being funny

• being blonde

• being freckled

The passing on of traits and physical features from parents to their offspring.

• population

• heredity

• trait

• acquired trait

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Sets of instructions in each human cell that determine inherited physical features and other traits.

• trait

• genes

• behavior

• population

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Characteristics that a living thing gets from their parents.

• acquired traits

• inherited traits

• population

• behavior

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In a population of cardinals, all the birds have short beaks. Their short beaks are an example of _________________.

• a learned behavior

• an inherited trait

• an acquired trait

• an inherited behavior

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A pine tree and its offspring are both bent in the same way. Which statement MOST LIKELY explains why they are both bent?

• The parent tree inherited this trait from its offspring.

• Both trees inherited the trait of being bent.

• The offspring inherited this trait from the parent tree.

• They both acquired this trait from being blown by the wind.

In what way will a kitten always be like its parents? The kitten will...

• be the same color.

• learn the same things

• have the same body structures.

• live in the same places.

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Which puppies would you most expect to have parents with brown fur?

• Sam and Kira

• Mongo and Kira

• Chewy and Yoso

• Sam and Chewy

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