Environment and Genetics

True or False: both genetics and environment are responsible for making you who you are.

• True

• False

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If a trait varies greatly within a pair of identical twins, it is most likely caused by what?

• Genetics

• Nutrition

• Inherited

• Environment

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Eye color is mostly caused by:

• Nutrition

• Genetics

• Environment

• Inherited

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Diet and stress are mostly examples of which type of factors?

• Nutritional

• Inherited

• Genetic

• Environmental

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Which trait can be influenced by both our DNA and our environment?

• Having six fingers

• Freckles

• How tall we are

• The colors of our eyes

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What is a gene?

• A type of protein

• A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait

• A cellular structure that contains DNA

• A model that describes the behavior of gases

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Traits can be inherited or influenced by ______ factors, like the sun. 

• environmental

• mutation

• variation

• genetic

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A person’s intelligence has been shown to have links to many genes that they inherit from their parents. In fact identical twins tend to have similar IQ’s. However, studies have shown that factors such as nutrition and family environment can contribute to the IQ a person has. What causes a person's intelligence?

• Genetics only

• Environment only

• Neither

• Both 

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Rachael has attached

earlobes. Her friend,

Laura, has detached

earlobes. Is having free

or attached earlobes an

example of an inherited

or environmental trait?

• inherited

• environmental

What is the difference between inherited and environmental traits?

• Environmental traits are learned from your parents and inherited traits are learned from the environment.

• Environmental traits are acquired and inherited traits are learned.

• Inherited traits come from your parents and environmental traits are learned behaviors.

• Inherited traits come from your uncle and environmental come from the things around you.

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