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Traits, Genes, DNA

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a trait?

a)

A physical characteristic of a living thing.

b)

How similar to your sibling you are.

c)

Being identical to your parents.

2.

To ______________ something means that you got it from your parents or ancestors.

a)

trait

b)

inherit

c)

variation

d)

camouflage

3.

You can ___________ the color of your hair from your parents.

a)

trait

b)

inherit

c)

variation

d)

camouflage

4.

Which two are examples of physical traits?

Pick two choices.

a)

Eye color

b)

Hair color

c)

The ability to ride a bike

d)

Allergies

5.

Which two are inherited traits of this cat?

Pick two choices.

a)

Fur color & pattern

b)

Favorite food

c)

Eye color

d)

Enjoying playing with a ball of yarn

6.

Physical traits and instincts are inherited.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is a common term for offspring?

a)

hybrid

b)

genetic material

c)

children

d)

plants

8.

What are genes?

a)

An offspring

b)

Microorganisms

c)

Something you wear

d)

A set of instructions of how the body will look and function

9.

Where are Genes found?

a)

In the water

b)

In DNA

c)

In your food

10.

Every living thing has traits that make it unique

a)

True

b)

False

11.

A physical characteristic of a living thing is a _____

a)

behavior

b)

acquired

c)

trait

12.

Heredity is ____

a)

the passing of genetic traits to your offspring

b)

your culture

c)

how well you can hear something

13.

An acquired or learned behavior is a behavior that you were born with.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Most traits come from parents, however they can also come from your grandparents and great-grandparents

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is an inherited trait?

a)

a trait or characteristic you learn

b)

a physical trait or characteristic you get from your parents

c)

a physical trait or characteristic you get from your brother or sister

d)

A game you play at recess

16.

Which is an example of an inherited trait? 

a)

Reading

b)

Speaking Spanish

c)

Throwing a baseball

d)

 Having stripes

17.

things we can see physically on a person/animal, such as height, hair color, eye color

a)

physical trait

b)

behavioral trait

c)

acquired trait

18.

thing that a person/animals develops during their lifetime such as riding a bike, playing an instrument, reading a book

a)

physical trait

b)

behavioral trait

c)

acquired trait

19.

describe the characteristics that consistently describe a person or animals behavior

a)

physical traits

b)

behavioral traits

c)

acquired traits

20.

Having dark hair like dad or mom is.....

a)

inherited trait

b)

learned trait

21.

Traits are passed down from parents to _____________.

a)

inherit

b)

offspring

c)

parent

d)

trait

22.

Curly hair is a _______.

a)

Inherited/physical trait.

b)

Behavioral trait.

c)

Learned/acquired trait.

d)

Instinct.

23.

Learning to read

a)

Physical

b)

Acquired

c)

Behavioral

24.

Ability to hit a baseball

a)

Physical

b)

Acquired

c)

Behavioral

25.

Toads hide during the day and come out at night to feed when it is much cooler, this is an example of

a)

a behavioral trait

b)

a physical trait

c)

an acquired trait

26.

Freckles

a)

physical/inherited

b)

Acquired

c)

behavioral

27.

Hawks have sharp claws to help them catch their prey, this is an example of

a)

a behavioral trait

b)

a physical trait

c)

acquired trait

28.

An opossum playing dead to confuse its predators is an example of

a)

a behavioral trait

b)

a physical trait

c)

acquired trait

29.

Height

a)

physical/Inherited

b)

Acquired

c)

behavioral

30.

Riding a skateboard

a)

physical

b)

Acquired

c)

behavioral

31.

A dog's fur color or texture

a)

Inherited/physical

b)

Acquired

c)

behavioral

32.

Birds migrating in the winter to get food for the year is an example of

a)

a physical trait

b)

a behavioral trait

c)

acquired trait

33.

A dog sitting on command

a)

physical

b)

Acquired

c)

behavioral

34.

What is DNA's Job in your Body?

a)

To make how you look and function

b)

To give you money

c)

To make food and water for you

35.

DNA looks like ___

a)

A twisted ladder

b)

An organelle

c)

An egg

36.

The passing of genetic traits from parents to children

a)

adaptation

b)

characteristics

c)

heredity

d)

trait

37.

What is a trait?

a)

A characteristic of an organism

b)

Selective breeding

c)

A bacteria

d)

DNA

38.

When plants and animals create more of themselves it is called......

a)

puppies

b)

runts

c)

orphans

d)

offspring

39.

Offspring usually have traits that .......

a)

their parents have

b)

their favorite superhero has

c)

they find in the woods

d)

they get on Fortnite

40.

We have no control of our inherited traits and we cannot change them

a)

true

b)

false

41.

How do living organisms (humans, plants, animals) pass down inherited traits to their offspring?

a)

through their genes

b)

through their stories

c)

through their lessons

d)

through their pets

42.

Each piece of information is carried by a different section of DNA, these sections are called _____

a)

chromosomes

b)

genes

c)

traits

d)

acquired

43.

each cell has _____ genes (number of)

a)

2,000

b)

50

c)

20,000

d)

200,000

44.

Each gene is like a BLUEPRINT - each child gets ____% from each parent

a)

100%

b)

33%

c)

75%

d)

50%

45.

Each sibling inherits a different completely different combination of genes from their parents

a)

True

b)

False

46.

There are over ____ million possible DNA combinations

a)

8 million

b)

1 million

c)

20 million

d)

100 million

47.

you have _____ cells (number)

a)

hundreds

b)

millions

c)

billions

d)

trillions

48.

DNA is the material that carries all the information about how something will ____ and ________

a)

look

b)

function

c)

taste

d)

smell

49.

Who do children inherit traits from?

a)

mother only

b)

father only

c)

both parents

d)

neither parent

50.

A difference in trait is called? (ie. short vs long fur OR short vs tall plants)

a)

cell

b)

variation

c)

gene

51.

The dominant (stronger) trait is the one that prevails (wins) in the child.


a)

True

b)

False

52.

The recessive trait is the one that prevails (wins) in the child.


a)

true

b)

false

53.
Explain the difference between dominant and recessive traits.
a)
when paired up, dominant traits will cover up recessive traits
b)
dominant traits are better than recessive traits
c)
recessive traits cover up dominant traits
d)
recessive traits are better than dominant traits
54.

The tool that Geneticists use to predict traits in offspring is called?

a)

Grid

b)

Punnett Square

c)

Table

d)

Punny Square

55.

Some traits are weaker than others. What are these weaker traits called?

a)

Dominant

b)

Lazy

c)

Recessive

d)

Scared

56.

If a child gets a brown eye trait from one parent and a blue eye trait from the other, the child will have ____ color eyes because brown eyes are dominant and blue eyes are recessive

a)

brown

b)

blue

57.

Every person gets 2 copies of each trait - one from their mom and one from their dad. Those traits work like a team but sometimes one is stronger

a)

true

b)

false

58.

Every person gets ___ copies of each trait - one from their mom and one from their dad. Those traits work like a team but sometimes one is stronger

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

59.

Some members of a group may have _______________ that are slightly better than other traits that help them survive.

a)

options

b)

friends

c)

traits

d)

offspring

60.

Being the biggest, ______________ or fastest is very important to the survival of animals

a)

smallest

b)

weakest

c)

oldest

d)

strongest

61.

What is NOT an example of an inherited trait?

a)

Eye color

b)

Hair color

c)

Favorite color

d)

Tongue rolling

62.

What is an inherited trait?

a)

A trait handed down to you by your family.

b)

A trait you developed because of the environment.

c)

A trait handed to you from your friends.

d)

A trait you developed as an adult.

63.

Natural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn't

a)

nature

b)

humans

c)

animals

d)

years

64.

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

a)

Evolution

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Extinction

d)

Artifical Selection

65.

______ is the process where organisms best suited to their environments survive and reproduce.

a)

Artificial Selection

b)

Mutations

c)

Characteristics

d)

Natural selection

66.

_____________ is famous for his work on natural selection.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Henry Cavendish

d)

Babe Ruth

67.

"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory

a)

a) natural selection

b)

b) gravity

68.

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

a)

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

b)

Because they are more likely to be eaten.

69.

the passing of traits from parents to their offspring

a)

gene

b)

nurture

c)

heredity

d)

biodiversity

70.

the special features or qualities that make you who you are

a)

advantages

b)

nature

c)

offspring

d)

traits

71.

the babies or young of a living thing

a)

offspring

b)

heredity

c)

traits

d)

variation

72.

when an animals color or pattern helps it blend in with its surroundings

a)

gene

b)

camouflage

c)

cells

d)

offspring

73.

a trait that helps a living thing survive better in its environment

a)

heredity

b)

offspring

c)

cells

d)

advantage

74.

small differences among living things in the same group

a)

variation

b)

cells

c)

offspring

d)

heredity

75.

a tiny part inside every cell that tells your body how to look and grow

a)

gene

b)

cell

c)

offspring

d)

heredity

76.

a strong gene that shows its traits even if only one parent passes it on

a)

recessive

b)

dominant

77.

a weaker gene that only shows its trait when both parents pass it on

a)

dominant

b)

offspring

c)

recessive

d)

trait

78.

the traits you are born with because of your genes

a)

nature

b)

nurture

c)

camouflage

79.

the things you learn or experience as you grow

a)

nurture

b)

nature

80.

a change that helps a living thing survive in its environment

a)

variation

b)

traits

c)

adaptation

81.

when animals or plants with the best traits for survival have more babies and pass on those traits (choose 2 answers)

a)

natural selection

b)

survival of the fittest

c)

traits

d)

cells

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