Worksheetsvariation and inheritance
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What causes variation?
Your environment
Your genes and your environment
Your genes
Your names
What is variation?
Racial diversity
The variation of females and males
Variation of personalities
The differences between the individuals in a species
Where are genes found?
In the mitochondria
In our bone marrow
Chromosomes, in the nucleus of a cell
In our brains
Where do offspring get their genes?
Half from their mom, half from their dad
From their mom
From their dad
From their brains
An example of a characteristic that is determined only by inheritance is
Height
Tattoos
Blood group
Intelligence
An example of variation determined by both environment and inheritance is
Eye colour
Weight
Height
Ear lobe shape
Differences between organisms are due to
Environment
Inheritance
Species
Offspring
It is passed on from parents to offspring.
characteristic
trait
inherited
evidence
What are some different traits between the individual puppies?
fur color
size
length of snout (nose)
all of the above
Which trait was passed from the mom to the puppy?
brown fur
ears that stick up
large size
non of the above
Traits that are passed along through generations of family members include which of these?
eye color
hair color
nose shape
all of the above
Passed on from parent to offspring means
variation
inherited
group
evidence
Differences among objects or organisms are
evidence
variations
parents
organisms
All the following are examples of inherited traits, except...
The color of the flower
The size of the leaf
The number of leaves
18. An example of an inherited trait could be ____.
long nails
curly hair
speaking English
a scar
Hippos and elephants are animals that eat plants. Both have flat teeth because...
they ate plants since they were young
live in the same place
travel to where there are plants
inherited this trait from their parents
