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Genetic vs Environmental Factors

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

7th Grade

NGSS covered

Genetic vs Environmental Factors
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The speed at which a plant grows is an example of a(n)

Genetic factor

Environmental factor

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The type of soil a tree is rooted in is an example of a

Genetic factor

Environmental factor

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: both genetics and environment are responsible for making you who you are.

True

False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Eye color is mostly caused by:

Nutrition

Genetics

Environment

Inherited

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If a trait varies greatly within a pair of identical twins, it is most likely caused by what?

Genetics

Nutrition

Inherited

Environment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Students planted several radish plants (Raphanus sativus) in their school garden. Students were allowed to take some of the plants home. One student observed that the plants grown at home were taller and had more leaves. She proposed the idea that genetic differences were responsible for the differences between the plants grown at school and the plants grown at home. Which of the following is the best argument against this idea?

Genetic factors cannot influence plant height or leaf growth.

Environmental factors are usually stronger than genetic factors.

The genetic material of all the plants would be the same.

Changing environments can alter a plant's genetic material.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Students planted 100 seeds in two different plots of land on the same day. Both plots of land measured 10 square meters. They recorded data for one year. Based on the data in the table, the taller height of the population of plant number two is most likely the result of which of the following factors?

Success rate of the sprouts

The average local rainfall

pH of soil in the area

Genetic factors of the plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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