TERM 2 – WEEK 2 Subject: Science

Student’s Name: Class:

Grade: Date:

6
Lesson Title: Inheritance Mark:

MS-LS3-2 DOK1 Step 1

Read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Look at the diagram shown.

Which of these gives the correct ratio for the offspring predicted by the diagram?
A. 2 BB : 1 Bb
B. 1 BB : 1 BB
C. 1 BB : 1 Bb
D. 1 BB : 2 Bb

2. Alleles carry the codes for producing which of these types of large molecules?
A. lipids
B. proteins
C. nucleic acids
D. carbohydrates

3. A scientist crossed a white-flowered plant with a blue-flowered plant. Which of these outcomes
would show that blue flower color is dominant to white flower color?
A. All of the second generation is blue.
 B. All of the second generation is white.
C. One-fourth of the second generation is blue.
D.One-fourth of the second generation is white.
MS-LS 3-2 DOK2Step 2

4. A botanist crosses a pea plant that produces smooth seeds with a pea plant that produces wrinkled
seeds. The resulting plants all produce smooth seeds. What can be determined from the results of the
experiment?
A. Smooth shape and wrinkled shape are both recessive traits.
B. Smooth shape and wrinkled shape are both dominant traits.
C. Smooth shape is a dominant trait, and wrinkled shape is a recessive trait.
D. Smooth shape is a recessive trait, and wrinkled shape is a dominant trait.

5. The diagram shows several structures located within a cell.

Which statement best describes the relationship among the structures?

A. Structures B and C are located within Structure A and code for inherited traits.
B. Structures B and C come together to form a new organisms during fertilization.
C. Structure A is a small part of Structures C and B, and codes for a single inherited trait.
D. Structure C is located within Structure B, which is located within Structure A, and all three code
for different versions of the same trait.

MS-LS 3-2 DOK3 Step 3

6. The diagram shows a cross that is similar to one of Mendel’s pea plant crosses.
 What is the dominant phenotype of the offspring in the cross shown?
A. Ff
B. FF
C. blue
D. white

7. Look at the diagram shown. The alleles for the parents are missing.

The parents in the diagram have which of these alleles?

A. DD and Dd
B. Dd and Dd
C. Dd and dd
D. DD and dd
 Read each statement. Write your answer on the lines.

8. Jake made a chart to trace the traits of straight and curly hair in his family.

The lines on the chart show relationships. Parents are connected by a horizontal line while vertical
lines lead to their offspring. A shaded circle or square in Jake’s chart represents a person with
straight hair.
Is straight hair controlled by a dominant allele or a recessive allele?

What led to this conclusion?

Rubric
Mastering Developing Beginning
Standard
Student describe why asexual Student provides a
MS-LS3-2 Student clearly and reproduction results in offspring basic explanation that
Develop and use a model to accurately describe why with identical genetic information asexual reproduction
describe why asexual asexual reproduction results in and sexual reproduction results in results in offspring with
reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic offspring with genetic variation.. identical genetic
offspring with identical information and sexual Q(4,5) information and sexual
genetic information and reproduction results in reproduction results in
sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic offspring with genetic
offspring with genetic variation. variation Q(1,2,3,)
variation. Q(6,7,8)
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