Sc.4.L.16.2

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of heredity?

• The storage of information in the nucleus of every cell in the body

• The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to another

• The relationship of one organism to another by evolutionary history

• The adaptation of an organism for better survival in a new habitat

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The diagram shows the pedigree for three generations and the individuals affected by a disease. How many of the individuals shown on this pedigree are affected by the disease?

• 2

• 5

• 6

• 8

As part of a genetics investigation, Whitney collected the hereditary information (DNA) of a strawberry. What is the source of the DNA for the strawberry plant?

• It was absorbed from the soil

• It was passed on from the parent plant

• It was created by the plant using sunlight

• It was borrowed from animals that feed on the plant

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Our traits are determined by our genes and these traits are inherited. Where do our genes come from?

• our father

• our mother

• from both parents equally

• part from our mother but mostly from our father

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Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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Examine the Punnett square.Which of the following choices gives the alleles of the parents shown here?

• BB and BB

• BB and Bb

• Bb and Bb

• Bb and bb

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Which of these choices best describes what the shaded box represents?

• one possible combination of alleles in all offspring

• the only possible combination of alleles in an offspring

• the only possible combination of alleles in the female parent

• one possible combination of alleles in the male, but not the female parent

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Which of these choices gives the correct ratio for the offspring predicted by the diagram?

• 2 BB : 1 Bb

• 1 BB : 1 BB

• 1 BB : 1 Bb

• 1 BB : 2 Bb

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The parents in the diagram above have which of these alleles?

• DD and Dd

• Dd and Dd

• Dd and dd

• DD and dd

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