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variation and inheritance

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes variation?

a)

Your environment

b)

Your genes and your environment

c)

Your genes

d)

Your names

2.

What is variation?

a)

Racial diversity

b)

The variation of females and males

c)

Variation of personalities

d)

The differences between the individuals in a species

3.

Where are genes found?

a)

In the mitochondria

b)

In our bone marrow

c)

Chromosomes, in the nucleus of a cell

d)

In our brains

4.

Where do offspring get their genes?

a)

Half from their mom, half from their dad

b)

From their mom

c)

From their dad

d)

From their brains

5.

An example of a characteristic that is determined only by inheritance is

a)

Height

b)

Tattoos

c)

Blood group

d)

Intelligence

6.

An example of variation determined by both environment and inheritance is

a)

Eye colour

b)

Weight

c)

Height

d)

Ear lobe shape

7.

Differences between organisms are due to

a)

Environment

b)

Inheritance

c)

Species

d)

Offspring

8.

It is passed on from parents to offspring.

a)

characteristic

b)

trait

c)

inherited

d)

evidence

9.

What are some different traits between the individual puppies?

a)

fur color

b)

size

c)

length of snout (nose)

d)

all of the above

10.

Which trait was passed from the mom to the puppy?

a)

brown fur

b)

ears that stick up

c)

large size

d)

non of the above

11.

Traits that are passed along through generations of family members include which of these?

a)

eye color

b)

hair color

c)

nose shape

d)

all of the above

12.

Passed on from parent to offspring means

a)

variation

b)

inherited

c)

group

d)

evidence

13.

Differences among objects or organisms are

a)

evidence

b)

variations

c)

parents

d)

organisms

14.

All the following are examples of inherited traits, except...

a)

The color of the flower

b)

The size of the leaf

c)

The number of leaves

15.
Which of the following traits are learned:
a)
eye color
b)
playing the piano
c)
freckles
d)
attached or free ear lobes
16.

18. An example of an inherited trait could be ____.

a)

long nails

b)

curly hair

c)

speaking English

d)

a scar

17.

Hippos and elephants are animals that eat plants. Both have flat teeth because...

a)

they ate plants since they were young

b)

live in the same place

c)

travel to where there are plants

d)

inherited this trait from their parents