Amplify Traits and Reproduction Unit Assessment

Instructions

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

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Match the term with the genotype.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Homozygous Dominant		TT
Homozygous Recessive		tt
Heterozygous		Tt

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Only one parent is needed for ____________ reproduction. Two parents are necessary for ___________  reproduction.

Sh’qira reads an article about a family of wildcats. One of them had a mutation for tooth sharpness. Which of these statements about the wildcat with the mutation is true?

MS-LS3-1

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There are two junco birds that each have different proteins in their cells for beak pointiness. They have different parents. What can you say about the birds' beak pointiness?

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Two rabbits have different parents. One rabbit has ears that flop over, and the other rabbit has ears that stand straight up. Why do the rabbits have ears with different shapes?

MS-LS3-1

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A father sheep has curly wool while a mother sheep has straight wool. Which of these statements explains why one of their baby lambs has curly wool?

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Two sharks have different parents. The two sharks have different proteins in their cells for the dark color on the tip of their fins. What can you say about the color on the tip of the two sharks' fins?

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Two fruit flies have different parents. One fruit fly has orange eyes while the other has red eyes. Why do the fruit flies have different eye colors?

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A father parakeet has blue chest feathers while a mother parakeet has green chest feathers. Which of these statements explains why their baby parakeet has blue chest feathers?

MS-LS3-2

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What is a mutation and how does it affect genes

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What do gene versions do?

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How do different protein structures in cells determine traits?

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How do organisms get their traits?

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Why do siblings with the same parents differ from each other?

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How does sexual reproduction result in a variation among offspring?

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What you see, or the physical appearance.

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The genes for a trait of an organism

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In the Punnett Square below, what belongs in the missing square T = tall and t = short

MS-LS3-2

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What allele combination should go in the missing box?

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What does a Punnett square show?

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MS-LS4-5

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Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a homozygous offspring in a cross: BB x BB.

MS-LS3-2

MS-LS4-5

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Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a white offspring in a cross between two heterozygous guinea pigs.

MS-LS3-2

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Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a white offspring in a cross: Bb x bb

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These little bunnies (A,B, and C) were born in the same litter to the same parents, but they have different traits for the feature of ear thickness. Bunny A has thick ears, bunny B has average ears, and bunny C has thin ears.

How did these bunnies end up with ear thicknesses that are different from one another even though they have the same parents?

How did the gene combinations result in the different traits?

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
nucleus		a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule; a gene version
offspring		a characteristic that all members of a species have
gene		when a male and a female reproductive cell combine to create an offspring
ribosomes		an instruction for making a protein molecule
fertilization		to receive genes from a parent
allele		a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
variation		the part of a cell where genes are found
trait		an organism produced as a result of reproduction
inherit		the parts of the cell that build protein molecules based on instructions from genes
feature		a specific characteristic of an individual organism
mutation		any difference in traits between individual organisms

Amplify Traits and Reproduction Unit Assessment

Match the term with the genotype.

Sh’qira reads an article about a family of wildcats. One of them had a mutation for tooth sharpness. Which of these statements about the wildcat with the mutation is true?

There are two junco birds that each have different proteins in their cells for beak pointiness. They have different parents. What can you say about the birds' beak pointiness?

Two rabbits have different parents. One rabbit has ears that flop over, and the other rabbit has ears that stand straight up. Why do the rabbits have ears with different shapes?

A father sheep has curly wool while a mother sheep has straight wool. Which of these statements explains why one of their baby lambs has curly wool?

Two sharks have different parents. The two sharks have different proteins in their cells for the dark color on the tip of their fins. What can you say about the color on the tip of the two sharks' fins?

Two fruit flies have different parents. One fruit fly has orange eyes while the other has red eyes. Why do the fruit flies have different eye colors?

A father parakeet has blue chest feathers while a mother parakeet has green chest feathers. Which of these statements explains why their baby parakeet has blue chest feathers?

What is a mutation and how does it affect genes

What do gene versions do?

How do different protein structures in cells determine traits?

How do organisms get their traits?

Why do siblings with the same parents differ from each other?

How does sexual reproduction result in a variation among offspring?

What you see, or the physical appearance.

The genes for a trait of an organism

In the Punnett Square below, what belongs in the missing square T = tall and t = short

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

What does a Punnett square show?

Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a homozygous offspring in a cross: BB x BB.

Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a white offspring in a cross between two heterozygous guinea pigs.

Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a white offspring in a cross: Bb x bb

Match the vocabulary word with the definition.

Match the term with the genotype.

Sh’qira reads an article about a family of wildcats. One of them had a mutation for tooth sharpness. Which of these statements about the wildcat with the mutation is true?

There are two junco birds that each have different proteins in their cells for beak pointiness. They have different parents. What can you say about the birds' beak pointiness?

Two rabbits have different parents. One rabbit has ears that flop over, and the other rabbit has ears that stand straight up. Why do the rabbits have ears with different shapes?

A father sheep has curly wool while a mother sheep has straight wool. Which of these statements explains why one of their baby lambs has curly wool?

Two sharks have different parents. The two sharks have different proteins in their cells for the dark color on the tip of their fins. What can you say about the color on the tip of the two sharks' fins?

Two fruit flies have different parents. One fruit fly has orange eyes while the other has red eyes. Why do the fruit flies have different eye colors?

A father parakeet has blue chest feathers while a mother parakeet has green chest feathers. Which of these statements explains why their baby parakeet has blue chest feathers?

What is a mutation and how does it affect genes

What do gene versions do?

How do different protein structures in cells determine traits?

How do organisms get their traits?

Why do siblings with the same parents differ from each other?

How does sexual reproduction result in a variation among offspring?

What you see, or the physical appearance.

The genes for a trait of an organism

In the Punnett Square below, what belongs in the missing square T = tall and t = short

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

What does a Punnett square show?

Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a homozygous offspring in a cross: BB x BB.

Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a white offspring in a cross between two heterozygous guinea pigs.

Black fur(B) in guinea pigs is dominant over white fur(b). Find the probability of a white offspring in a cross: Bb x bb