Traits And Heredity Eagles
20 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.The passing of traits from one generation to the next is called ___________________.
- A.
Imprinting
- B.
Heredity
- C.
Sexual reproduction
- D.
Instinct
- 2.Traits that offspring receive from their parents are ______________traits.
- A.
Instinct
- B.
Inherited
- C.
Reproductive
- D.
Given
- 3.A way of acting or behaving with which an animal is born is called a(n) _____________.
- A.
Instinct
- B.
Gift
- C.
Trait
- D.
Virus
- 4.A behavior that develops during an animal's lifetime is a(n) __________________behavior.
- A.
Shared
- B.
Given
- C.
Bought
- D.
Learned
- 5.When ducks hatch, they learn to recognize and follow their mother, a behavior called ____________________.
- A.
Childhood
- B.
Motherhood
- C.
Imprinting
- D.
Trait
- 6.Mendel discovered that each inherited trait is controlled by two factors, one from each parent.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Today scientists refer to Mendel's factors as __________.
- A.
Genes
- B.
Theories
- C.
Factors
- D.
Maps
- 8.Genes are found in the nucleus of the cell. They are stored on chromosomes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.A trait that masks another trait is called a(n) ________________ trait.
- A.
Recessive
- B.
Dominant
- C.
Strong
- D.
Weak
- 10.A trait that is masked is called a ______________ trait.
- A.
Weak
- B.
Recessive
- C.
Dominant
- D.
Strong
- 11.In pea plants, purple flowers are a dominant trait and white flowers are a recessive trait. The purple trait is represented by _______________________and the white trait by p.
- A.
P
- B.
P
- C.
R
- D.
R
- 12.On a pedigree chart, horizontal lines connect parents and vertical lines connect parents to _______________.
- A.
Traits
- B.
Offspring
- C.
Mothers
- D.
Squares
- 13.Males are represented by squares, and _________________are represented by circles.
- A.
Offspring
- B.
Females
- C.
Mothers
- D.
Plants
- 14.Shaded shapes represent individuals with a particular__________________ , and unshaded shapes represent individuals without that trait.
- A.
Parent
- B.
Trait
- C.
Cell
- D.
Gene
- 15.Dimples are a dominant trait, represented by the letter D. A child who is a carrier of the recessive trait is represented by ____________.
- A.
DD
- B.
Dd
- C.
Dd
- D.
Ddd
- 16.Chart used to trace the history of traits in a family
- A.
System
- B.
Pedigree
- C.
Map
- D.
Heredity chart
- 17.Individual who has inherited a gene for a trait, but does not show the trait physically.
- A.
Offspring
- B.
Mother
- C.
Carrier
- D.
Borrower
- 18.Mothers contains the chemical instructions for an inherited trait.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.An Austrian monk,_________________ , discovered how traits are inherited
- A.
Cristof davis
- B.
Gregor Mendel
- C.
Sandra hook
- D.
Peter Mendel
- 20.Offspring receive one set of genes from an egg cell and the other from the_____________ that fertilized the egg cell.
- A.
Trait
- B.
Sperm cell
- C.
Egg
- D.
Chromosome
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