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Variation of Traits

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Quiz on Variation of Traits, created by Saddleback ARC on 14/12/2017.
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Question 1

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What determines the traits of offspring?
Answer
  • food sources that have been genetically engineered
  • literary metaphors and exciting connotations
  • the pool of entries in the state lotto jackpot
  • genes received from the offspring’s parents

Question 2

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Mutation in the genes of an organism is a cause. What is a possible effect?
Answer
  • The organism is less likely to be studied by scientists.
  • The organism is more likely to find a sexual partner identical to it.
  • The organism is more likely to resemble its parents.
  • The organism is more likely to survive and procreate.

Question 3

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Reproduction is “a sort of complex lottery in which the third organism—the offspring of the first two—inherits a combination of the parent organisms’ genetic material.” What evidence from the passage supports this statement?
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  • “The likeliest candidate to be coded for red hair is offspring with two red-headed parents.”
  • “It would be very, very unlikely for two parents with identically coded chromosomes to sexually reproduce.”
  • “Mutant and mutation have exciting, exotic connotations to us, but actually, mutation is simply a necessary part of a species’ evolution.”
  • “Human interference in genetic coding is a pretty common practice these days.”

Question 4

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What is a difference between physical traits and personality traits?
Answer
  • Physical traits are mainly determined by a person’s environment; personality traits are determined by both a person’s genes and environment.
  • Physical traits are mainly determined by a person’s genes; personality traits are determined by both a person’s genes and environment.
  • Physical traits are mainly determined by a person’s genes and environment; personality traits not determined by either a person’s genes or environment.
  • Physical traits are mainly determined by a person’s genes; personality traits are determined by genetically engineered food that a person eats.

Question 5

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What is this passage mostly about?
Answer
  • genes
  • ecosystems
  • the lottery
  • personality traits
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