Traits & Reproduction Unit Test

What is a characteristic that all members of a species have?

• traits

• features

• variations

• offspring

An organism has two copies of a gene for each feature.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Each offspring receives two copies of each gene from each parent.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which spider(s) are homozygous for the feature body color? Choose all that apply.

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Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Parents, offspring, and siblings always have the same traits.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What do we call it when two copies of a gene for a feature are the same and only make one type of protein?

• gene version

• homozygous

• instructions

• heterozygous

Genes are ____________________ for proteins.

• molecules

• instructions

• mutations

• versions

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which of the following is heterozygous AND has medium silk flexibility? Choose all that apply.

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Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What are changes to a gene version that can result in changes to proteins?

• genes

• instructions

• variation

• mutations

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What are differences in traits between individual organisms?

• traits

• features

• variations

• instructions

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3