Genes

Which of the following is the correct definition for a phenotype?

• The physical expression of a gene. (Characteristics)

• A strand of DNA made up of multiple mutations.

• The expression of one of your parents traits.

• The set of genes in our DNA which is responsible for a particular trait.

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Hair color and eye color are examples of a person's....

• recessive traits

• dominant alleles

• genotype

• phenotype

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What should students use to identify the percent chance of a trait being passed down from a parent to its offspring?

• a graph

• a flow chart

• a data table

• a Punnett square

Which statement best supports why many offspring look similar to their parents?

• Offspring inherit characteristics from one parent.

• Offspring inherit characteristics from both parents.

• Parents choose which characteristics to pass on to their offspring.

• Parents choose to change their appearance to match that of their offspring.

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Bunny A’s fur is all brown, while his brother and sisters are half brown and half white. The bunnies’ father is all brown, and the mother bunny is half brown and half white. Which best describes why Bunny A has brown fur?

• The bunny inherited a brown fur characteristic from each parent. 

• The bunny inherited a white fur characteristic from each parent. 

• The bunny rejected the white characteristics from its mother.

• The bunny rejected the brown characteristics from its father.

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A litter of kittens have traits that are similar to both the mother cat and the father cat. Which best explains this situation?

• The kittens are provided the same kind of milk from their mother as they grow.

• The kittens inherit some of their traits from their mother and some from their father.

• The kittens are kept at the same temperatures by their mother when they are first born.

• The kittens are taught by their parents to have similar traits.

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Which feature of a bird is controlled only by inherited genes?

• diet 

• habitat

• beak shape

• life span

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Bob is a tall, slender young man with red hair and blue eyes. Which couple would most likely be Bob’s parents?

• a slender, red-haired father and a tall, blue-eyed mother

• a tall green-eyed father with long brown hair and a short, brown-haired mother

• a short, green-eyed, black-haired father and a tall, brown haired, brown-eyed mother

• a short, plump brown-haired father with freckles and a short, blue-eyed red-haired mother

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Which feature of a bird is controlled only by inherited genes?

• diet

• habitat

• life span

• beak shape

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Which of these is an inherited trait?

• dimples

• long hair

• favorite color

• driving ability

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