WorksheetsSaturday School Genetics Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A mother rabbit has a litter. One of the babies is born with one long ear and one short ear. What most likely caused this one rabbit to be born with one short ear?
The mother rabbit had previously lost an ear in an accident
The mother rabbit became sick before she gave birth.
A mutation occurred during the development of this one rabbit.
This one rabbit received less nutrition than the other rabbits before it was born.
Which is an example of a trait that is inherited?
Dimples
Intelligence
Weight
Favorite Color
Which of these traits is most influenced by a person's environment?
Ability to roll the tongue
Blood Type
Weight
Eye Color
Which is most likely the reason parents and their children have similar physical traits?
They live in the same home
They have similar genetic structures.
They are born in similar environments
They have similar blood types.
Which is a trait children most likely inherit from their parents?
Favorite Color
Food Preference
Freckles
Weight
Some people have a "hitchhike's" thumb that allows them to bend their thumbs more than other people. How do these people most likely get this trait?
They learn it from friends
They inherit it from their parents
They get it as a result of an illness
They get it as a result of their jobs.
What characteristic is the best example of an inherited trait?
Short hair
Eye color
Pierced ears
Long Fingernails
Which is an example of an noninherited trait?
Shape of face
Hair color
Food Preference
Tongue rolling
The picture shows a kitten, along with its parents.
Why does the kitten 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 variety.
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 one of the parents.
Which body system sends electrical signals to all other body systems?
Circulatory system
Digestive system
Muscular system
Nervous system
Which statement best describes a bacterial cell?
It contains more than one cell.
It is a complete organism.
It is part of a larger organism.
It contains different kinds of cells.
Which characteristic do single-celled organisms and multicellular organisms have in common?
Both have cells with specialized functions for each life process.
Both perform all life process within one cell.
Both have a way to get rid of waste materials.
Both are able to make food from sunlight.
Which BEST explains why children resemble their parents?
They eat the same foods.
They have similar DNA.
They speak the same language.
They have the same interests.
Which best describes the causes of day-to-day weather changes?
The rotation of Earth
The size of Earth
Moving Air Masses
Actions of the winds.
Why are liquids sometimes used in thermometer?
because most liquids condense when heated and evaporate when cooled
because most liquids melt when heated and freeze when cooled
because most liquids contract when heated and expand when cooled
because most liquids expand when heated and contract when cooled
