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Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
A trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait.
  1. dominant trait
  2. inherited trait
  3. recessive trait
  4. gene
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Who was the "Father of Genetics"?
  1. Isaac Asimov
  2. Earl Coltrain
  3. Yasha Rabinowitz
  4. Gregor Mendel
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Which feature is not determined by genes in humans?
  1. eyes
  2. gills
  3. teeth
  4. fingers
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
A trait that appears even if an organism has only one factor for the trait is a(n)
  1. recessive trait.
  2. dominant trait.
  3. inherited trait.
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Genetics is the study of the information (genetic make-up) that codes for the traits or characteristics of an organism.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
A trait that appears even if an organism had only one factor for the trait.
  1. inherited trait
  2. dominant trait
  3. recessive trait
  4. gene
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What is the diagram used for tracking traits?
  1. Mendel's discovery
  2. pedigree
  3. Punnett square
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
How many genes determine a single trait?
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 2
  4. 3
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
A trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait is a(n)
  1. recessive trait.
  2. dominant trait.
  3. inherited trait.
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Your dad has straight hair and brown eyes, and your mom has curly hair and green eyes. What will you most likely be born with?
  1. red hair and blue eyes
  2. blond hair and green eyes
  3. straight hair and brown eyes
  4. curly hair and brown eyes
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
When Mendel bred tall pea plants with short pea plants, the offspring of the first generation were all
  1. short.
  2. tall.
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
The base pairs on a strand of DNA go together in very specific ways. What are they?
  1. A with C; T with G
  2. T with C; A with G
  3. A with T; C with G
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What percentage of people are right-hand dominant?
  1. 85%
  2. 68%
  3. 56%
  4. 90%
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Gametes contain                 number of chromosomes as body cells.
  1. the same
  2. half the
  3. double the
  4. a third of the
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
The passing of inherited traits from parents to offspring is called            heredity           .
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Name 2 easily observable traits that are caused by dominant or recessive genes in humans.
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
A living thing that has parents that are quite different from each other is called          hybrid         .
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Mating individuals of two distinct breeds of the same species is called                 crossbreeding                .
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