7th grade life science

Which of the following are NOT examples of living things? (Select all that apply).

• Cars

• Plants

• Kittens

• The Sun

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What are the characteristics of living things? (Select all correct answers).

• Living things are made up of cells.

• Living things respond to their surroundings. 

• Living things use energy. 

• Living things develop, grow and reproduce. 

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___________ is the chemical that carries all the information about how a living thing will develop, look and function. It tells your cells how to behave and grow.

• Potatoes

• RNA

• DNA

• Living things

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What are genes? (Select all correct answers.

• Genes are segments or parts of DNA.

• Genes are a type of breakfast.

• Genes determine the way an organism looks and behaves.

• Genes are inherited from parents and passed down to offspring (children).

Genetics is the study of how ___________ are passed on.

• Possessions.

• Traits.

• Hand-me-downs.

• Technology.

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Heredity is the passing of ____________ from parents to offspring (children).

• Heredity.

• Organisms.

• Traits.

• Plants.

What are the different forms of a gene called?

• Alleles

• Genes

• DNA

• Organisms

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The two types of alleles we talked about in class are called ___________ (select all correct answers).

• Dominant

• Allele

• Recessive

• Genetics

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Another word for living things is ___________

• Organ.

• Trumpet.

• Organism.

• Organized.

What was the name of the father of genetics?

• Gregor Mendel

• Greggory Fathers

• Kibbie and Debbie

• Mr. Gorman.