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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What is one way in which scientists get information about the evolutionary history of species?
a. by comparing organisms body structures
b. by observing where organisms live
c. by observing what organisms eat
d. by studying how organisms move
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____ 10. What did Gregor Mendel do to study different characteristics in his genetics experiments?
a. He studied only asexual plants.
b. He studied only tall and short pea plants.
c. He cross-pollinated plants.
d. He cross-pollinated both plants and animals.
____ 11. What is the probability of producing a tall pea plant from a genetic cross between two hybrid tall pea plants?
a. one in four
b. two in four
c. three in four
d. four in four
____ 12. What does a Punnett square show?
a. all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross
b. only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross
c. only the recessive alleles in a genetic cross
d. all of Mendels discoveries about genetic crosses
____ 13. What is probability?
a. the actual results from a series of events
b. a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
c. the way the results of one event affect the next event
d. the number of times a coin lands heads up
____ 14. An organisms genotype is its
a. genetic makeup.
b. feather color.
c. physical appearance.
d. stem height.
____ 15. If a homozygous black guinea pig (BB) is crossed with a homozygous white guinea pig (bb), what is the
probability that an offspring will have black fur? Draw the Punnett square
a. 25 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 75 percent
d. 100 percent
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PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Explain the relationship between evolution and classification.
SC.6.N.3.1 | SC.6.L.15.1 | LA.6.2.2.3 | LA.6.4.2.2
TOP: a_ch01_014
comprehension
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PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Explain the relationship between evolution and classification.
SC.6.N.3.1 | SC.6.L.15.1 | LA.6.2.2.3 | LA.6.4.2.2
TOP: a_ch01_023
comprehension
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PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain the relationship between evolution and classification.
SC.6.N.3.1 | SC.6.L.15.1 | LA.6.2.2.3 | LA.6.4.2.2
TOP: a_ch01_015
knowledge
B
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what forms the genetic code.
STA:
LA.7.2.2.3
PH_EN_SC_MGS_2010_X_55812
BLM: knowledge
B
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what forms the genetic code.
STA:
LA.7.2.2.3
PH_EN_SC_MGS_2010_X_56845
BLM: knowledge
C
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
OBJ: Describe how DNA copies itself.
SC.7.L.16.1 TOP: c_ch02_013 BLM: knowledge
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Identify the role of alleles in controlling the inheritance of traits.
SC.7.N.2.1
TOP: c_ch03_005 BLM: knowledge
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Identify the role of alleles in controlling the inheritance of traits.
SC.7.N.2.1
TOP: c_ch03_004 BLM: knowledge
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PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Identify the role of alleles in controlling the inheritance of traits.
SC.7.N.2.1
TOP: c_ch03_006 BLM: application
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PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Describe the results of Mendel's experiments.
STA: SC.7.N.2.1 | LA.7.2.2.3
c_ch03_001 BLM: comprehension
C
PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Define probability and describe how it helps explain the results of genetic crosses.
MA.6.A.3.6 TOP: c_ch03_008 BLM: comprehension
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Define probability and describe how it helps explain the results of genetic crosses.
MA.6.A.3.6 TOP: c_ch03_009 BLM: comprehension
B
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Define probability and describe how it helps explain the results of genetic crosses.
MA.6.A.3.6 TOP: c_ch03_007 BLM: knowledge
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what is meant by phenotype and genotype.
STA: SC.7.L.16.2
c_ch03_026 BLM: knowledge
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Explain what is meant by phenotype and genotype.
STA: SC.7.L.16.2
c_ch03_010 BLM: comprehension
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PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what is meant by phenotype and genotype.
STA: SC.7.L.16.2
c_ch03_011 BLM: knowledge
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PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what is meant by phenotype and genotype.
STA: SC.7.L.16.2
c_ch03_028 BLM: knowledge
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PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what is meant by phenotype and genotype.
STA: SC.7.L.16.2
c_ch03_029 BLM: knowledge
B
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Describe the role chromosomes and genes play in inheritance.
SC.7.N.1.5 | SC.7.N.1.6
TOP: c_ch03_013 BLM: knowledge
D
PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Describe the role chromosomes and genes play in inheritance.
SC.7.N.1.5 | SC.7.N.1.6
TOP: c_ch03_030 BLM: comprehension
C
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Explain what forms the genetic code.
STA:
LA.7.2.2.3
c_ch03_018 BLM: knowledge
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Identify the role of alleles in controlling the inheritance of traits.
SC.7.N.2.1
TOP: c_ch03_003 BLM: knowledge
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Identify the role of alleles in controlling the inheritance of traits.
SC.7.N.2.1
TOP: c_ch03_024 BLM: knowledge
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L2
Describe the role chromosomes and genes play in inheritance.
SC.7.N.1.5 | SC.7.N.1.6
TOP: c_ch03_014 BLM: comprehension
A
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
Identify the events that occur during meiosis and fertilization.
SC.7.L.16.3 TOP: c_ch03_015 BLM: knowledge