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Ancestry and Genetics Quiz

Ancestry and Genetics Quiz

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many ancestors would you theoretically have 40 generations ago?

A billion

A thousand

A trillion

A million

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a significant factor that reduces the number of unique ancestors?

Climate change

Migration

Natural selection

Inbreeding

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Approximately how many years ago did the common ancestor of all humans live?

3,000 years ago

10,000 years ago

100,000 years ago

1,000 years ago

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What allows scientists to estimate how closely related individuals are?

DNA mutations

Blood type

Height

Eye color

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the approximate difference in DNA base pairs between any two humans?

1 out of 10,000

1 out of 100,000

1 out of 100

1 out of 1000

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do DNA ancestry tests use to determine geographic origins?

Fingerprints

Hair samples

Blood samples

SNPs

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a unique feature of mitochondrial DNA?

It is not inherited

It is inherited from both parents

It is inherited only from the father

It is inherited only from the mother

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