Learning About The Genes And Traits

In this questions, different questions related to the properties of genes and traits are asked. The students would be required to identify if a certain property is the cause of family genes or not.

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Read the description of a trait.

William has freckles.

What information supports the conclusion that William inherited this trait?

William's biological parents have freckles on their noses just as William does.

William has freckles on his nose and shoulders.

William and his biological mother have pale skin.

Read the description of a trait.

Sam knows how to make chili.

What information supports the conclusion that Sam acquired this trait?

When Sam was young, her grandmother taught her how to cut chili peppers.

Sam learned how to make chili from a recipe book.

Sam’s friends like to make chili with her.

Read the description of a trait.

Emily has blue eyes.

What information supports the conclusion that Emily inherited this trait?

Emily’s neighbor has green eyes.

Emily has green eyes like her biological mother.

Emily and her biological father wear sunglasses when they go outside.

Read the description of a trait.

Molly has straight hair.

What information supports the conclusion that Molly inherited this trait?

Molly's biological mother often wears her straight hair in a ponytail.

Molly's neighbor also has straight hair.

Molly's biological parents have red hair. Molly also has red hair.

All organisms inherit certain traits from their parents. Information about these inherited traits is found in genes. Genes are pieces of hereditary material that are passed from parents to offspring. An organism's genes affect its inherited traits.

Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.

All organisms have genes.

Eye color is an example of a gene.

Genes affect traits.

Genes are passed down from parents to offspring.

In a group of cats, some individuals have straight fur and others have curly fur. In this group, the gene for the fur type trait has two alleles. The allele F is for straight fur, and the allele f is for curly fur.

Tabitha, a cat from this group, has straight fur. Tabitha has one allele for straight fur and one allele for curly fur.

Based on this information, what is Tabitha's genotype for the fur type gene?

Ff

straight hair

In a group of dachshund dogs, some individuals have rough fur and others have soft fur. In this group, the gene for the fur texture trait has two alleles. The allele F is for rough fur, and the allele f is for soft fur.

Winston, a dachshund dog from this group, has rough fur. Winston has one allele for rough fur and one allele for soft fur.

Based on this information, what is Winston's genotype for the fur texture gene?

Ff

Rough fur

In a group of summer squash plants, some individuals have fuzzy leaves and others have smooth leaves. In this group, the gene for the leaf texture trait has two alleles. The allele L is for fuzzy leaves, and the allele l is for smooth leaves.

A certain summer squash plant from this group has fuzzy leaves. This plant has two alleles for fuzzy leaves.

Based on this information, what is this summer squash plant's phenotype for the leaf texture trait?

LL

Fuzzy Leaves

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Title: Learning About The Genes And Traits
Questions: 8
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