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Heredity Unit Final Assessment

Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the correct answer. There is only 1 correct answer for each question. Indicate your confidence on your answer by rating yourself 1 (confident) to 3 (guessing). 1. Why is DNA important to life? (Lesson 3) a. DNA is the recipe for traits that make up who we are. b. DNA is inherited from mom and dad c. DNA is one long gene. 2. What role does DNA play in traits? (Lesson 3) a. DNA does not play a role in traits. b. DNA is composed of genes that code for traits. c. DNA is found inside every cell of the human body. d. DNA is a trait. 3. Genetically, how do we all look unique? (Lesson 3) a. We have different parents. b. Our environment is different. c. Different combinations of the bases in our genes d. Dominant and recessive genes. 4. What are genes? (Lesson 2) a. The instructions for making traits b. Come from your mom and dad c. Only A Confidence: 1 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3

d. A & B 5. How are Traits and Genetics related? (Lesson 2) a. Traits are genes. b. Different combinations of bases (letters). c. For every trait you have, there is a specific gene in your DNA that codes for it. d. All of the above. 6. How is each person unique and have different traits if DNA only has 4 letters? (Lesson 3) a. There are endless combinations of letters and sentences. b. There are endless combinations of letters. c. There are endless combinations of sentences. d. DNA has more than 4 letters to code for traits? 7. What was the purpose of the dog activity? (Lesson 3) a. To recognize the importance of dominant/recessive genes. b. To recognize that different combinations of letters code for different genes. c. To understand that genes are inherited randomly. Confidence: 1 d. To figure out how mutations occur. 8. What is a trait? (Lesson 2) a. Features or qualities in someone b. The passing on of traits form parent to child. Confidence: 1 c. Contains the genetic information for creating traits. d. Small tags on genes caused by interactions with the environment. 9. How do we genetically get our traits? (Lesson 2) a. We are just created like that. 2 3 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3

b. Interactions with the environment. Confidence: 1 c. We get 1 of each gene from our mom and dad d. DNA decides what traits each person should have. 10. If Justins mom has brown eyes (BB) and his dad has blue eyes (bb), since brown is dominant what color eyes will Just have? (Lesson 2) a. Blue b. 1 Blue eye and 1 Brown eye. c. Green d. Brown 11. What are epigenetic tags? (Lesson 4) a. Genes that code for traits. b. Influence of the environment on our genes. c. Effect of our parents genes on our DNA. d. They tell you where a new gene (trait) starts. 11. How does the environment influence traits? (Lesson 4) a. Puts small tags on genes causing them to turn on/off. Confidence: 1 b. Causes genes to mutate c. Only A d. A & B 12. Identify 2 ways the environment can influence your traits. (Lesson 4) _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3 Confidence: 1 2 3 2 3

13. What are the 4 bases that make up DNA? And what does DNA stand for? (Bonus Question) _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Label the picture below (lesson 3)

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2. 3. 3.

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1. _______________________ 2. _______________________ 3. _______________________ 15. Name 4 traits we get genetically (from our genes). (Lesson 1)

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Heredity Unit Final Assessment

Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the correct answer. There is only 1 correct answer for each question. 1. Why is DNA important to life? (Lesson 3) a. DNA is the recipe for traits that make up who we are. b. DNA is inherited from mom and dad c. DNA is one long gene. 2. What role does DNA play in traits? (Lesson 3) a. DNA does not play a role in traits. b. DNA is composed of genes that code for traits. c. DNA is found inside every cell of the human body. d. DNA is a trait. 3. Genetically, how do we all look unique? (Lesson 3) a. We have different parents. b. Our environment is different. c. Different combinations of the bases in our genes d. Dominant and recessive genes. 4. What are genes? (Lesson 2) a. The instructions for making traits b. Come from your mom and dad c. Only A

d. A & B 5. How are Traits and Genetics related? (Lesson 2) a. Traits are genes. b. Different combinations of bases (letters). c. For every trait you have, there is a specific gene in your DNA that codes for it. d. All of the above. 6. How is each person unique and have different traits if DNA only has 4 letters? (Lesson 3) a. There are endless combinations of letters and sentences. b. There are endless combinations of letters. c. There are endless combinations of sentences. d. DNA has more than 4 letters to code for traits? 7. What was the purpose of the dog activity? (Lesson 3) a. To recognize the importance of dominant/recessive genes. b. To recognize that different combinations of letters code for different genes. c. To understand that genes are inherited randomly. d. To figure out how mutations occur. 8. What is a trait? (Lesson 2) a. Features or qualities in someone b. The passing on of traits form parent to child. c. Contains the genetic information for creating traits. d. Small tags on genes caused by interactions with the environment. 9. How do we genetically get our traits? (Lesson 2) a. We are just created like that.

b. Interactions with the environment. c. We get 1 of each gene from our mom and dad d. DNA decides what traits each person should have. 10. If Justins mom has brown eyes (BB) and his dad has blue eyes (bb), since brown is dominant what color eyes will Just have? (Lesson 2) a. Blue b. 1 Blue eye and 1 Brown eye. c. Green d. Brown 11. What are epigenetic tags? (Lesson 4) a. Genes that code for traits. b. Influence of the environment on our genes. c. Effect of our parents genes on our DNA. d. They tell you where a new gene (trait) starts. 11. How does the environment influence traits? (Lesson 4) a. Puts small tags on genes causing them to turn on/off. b. Causes genes to mutate c. Only A d. A & B 12. Identify 2 ways the environment can influence your traits. (Lesson 4) The environment can influence traits in several ways. Several types of environmental influences are nutrition, exercise, drugs, smoking, and chemicals. 13. What are the 4 bases that make up DNA? And what does DNA stand for? (Lesson 3)

_________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Label the picture below (Lesson 3)

15. Name 3 traits we get genetically (from our genes). (Lesson 1)

Heredity Unit Final Assessment Part Two

Directions: Using the envelope of genes complete the following steps. 1. Assemble the DNA sequence and tape it together. (1 point) 2. Write each gene on the lines below. (2 points) 3. Identify the trait each gene codes for. (2 points) 4. Using the traits, draw a picture in the box below that shows what your person looks like based on their traits. (5 points) 5. Write 1 environmental factor that could influence your person. (1 point) 6. Explain how that environmental factor influences the traits of your person. (4 points) Write each gene on the lines below: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Draw your person in the box below:

G A

G A

T T G

T G G

C C A

G C T T T A

G C G

T T G

T G T

G G

A T G

A A A

T A T

C G A C G T C C T

T A G

A A C

C G G C A C

C C C

T C

Blonde Hair

Black

Toothy Smile

Triangle Nose Brown Hair Smile

Red Hair

Frown

Black Hair

Straight Smile

2 Dots for a Nose

Green Eyes

Round Face Small Nose

Blue Eyes

Oval Face

Brown Eyes

Square Face Large Nose

Grey Eyes

Heart Face

Grading Rubric for Final Assessment

Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Total Part Two Correctly assembling the DNA sequence 5 Answer A B C D C A B A C D B The environment can influence traits in several ways. Several types of environmental influences are nutrition, exercise, drugs, smoking, and chemicals. What are the 4 bases that make up DNA? And what does DNA stand for? (Extra Credit) Label the picture below Name 3 traits we get genetically (from our genes). Points 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 20

Correctly identifying each trait Correctly drawing a representation of their person Listing 1 environmental influence on a trait Correctly explaining how that environmental influence will affect the trait Total Assessment Total

5 5 1 4 20 40

Final Assessment Standard Alignment

Standard L.HE.05.11 Explain that the traits of an individual are influenced by the environment. Question Number 10, 11, 12 Part Two L.HE.05.11 Explain that the traits of an individual are influenced by the genetics of the individual. 1-9, 13, 14 Part Two