Inheritance and Traits Quiz

What is inheritance?

• Something you receive on your birthday.

• Traits passed down from parents to offspring.

• A type of cake.

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Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• Your favorite color.

• Your height.

• Your favorite book.

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If a child has blue eyes and both parents have blue eyes, what can we say about the inheritance of eye color?

• It's random.

• Eye color is determined by only one parent.

• It is inherited from the parents.

Which of the following traits is influenced by both genes and the environment?

• Your favorite sport.

• Height.

• Shoe size.

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What do we call the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

• Adaptation.

• Inheritance.

• Acclimatization.

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If a child has dimples, and one parent has dimples while the other doesn’t, what can we say about the inheritance of dimples?

• The child got dimples from the parent who has them.

• Dimples are not inherited.

• It's a random occurrence.

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What is a gene?

• A type of plant.

• A trait passed from parent to offspring.

• A type of pet.

Which of the following traits is NOT influenced by genes alone but also by the environment?

• Hair color.

• Shoe size.

• Language spoken at home.

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A characteristic of a living thing that is determined by its genes is called?

• Evolution.

• Trait.

• Environment.

Why was Wolf 44 gray when the rest of his pack had the fur trait of being more black?

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