Inheritance of Traits

All the following are examples of inherited traits, except...

• The color of the flower

• The size of the leaf

• The number of leaves

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What can you say about a baby plant?

• Looks exactly like its parent plant

• Looks similar to its parents, with some differences

• Looks very different from its parent

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Name all traits a plant can inherit

• Petals

• Stem size

• Color

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18. An example of an inherited trait could be ____.

• long nails

• curly hair

• speaking English

• a scar

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Seven lizards hatch from the same nest. Four have small yellow spots. Three have large yellow spots. Their parents most likely had

• No spots

• Yellow spots

• Red spots

• Yellow stripes

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Having many of the same ______ can mean that organisms are more closely related.

• explanation

• investigation

• traits

• love for school

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Traits are passed from ___ to offspring.

• parents

• children

• variation

• data

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Which of the following is an example of a trait inherited from parents?

• Eye color

• Favorite food

• Language spoken

• Hobbies

What is the primary mechanism by which traits are inherited from one generation to the next?

• Natural selection

• Genetic mutation

• DNA replication

• Cultural transmission

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In a genetic experiment, a pea plant with round seeds (R) is crossed with a pea plant with wrinkled seeds (r). What is the expected phenotype ratio of the offspring?

• 3 round: 1 wrinkled

• 1 round: 1 wrinkled

• All round

• All wrinkled