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4. Organisms produced by ______ reproduction show minor variations.

1. Which branch of biology studies the transfer of characteristics from one generation to the next?

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1. Which branch of biology studies the transfer of characteristics from one generation to the next?
d) Microbiology
c) Physiology
a) Ecology
b) Genetics
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4. Organisms produced by ______ reproduction show minor variations.
c) Both sexual and asexual
a) Sexual
b) Asexual
d) None
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8. DNA stores the information necessary for:
a) Cell division
c) Reproduction
b) Protein synthesis
d) Growth hormone secretion
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5. Why do offspring produced by sexual reproduction show greater variations?
a) Due to environmental factors
d) Because they are identical to their parents
c) Due to a lack of mutations
b) Due to the combination of genetic material from both parents
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7. The efficiency of an enzyme in a plant determines:
b) The quantity of growth hormones it synthesizes
a) The amount of oxygen it produces
d) The number of seeds it produces
c) The color of its flowers
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10. Variations among offspring are primarily due to:
a) Lifestyle differences
b) Environmental changes
c) Genetic differences
d) Parental care
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6. Which of the following determines the height of a plant?
a) Quantity of growth hormones
b) Thickness of leaves
d) Age of the plant
c) Size of the roots
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9. Which of the following is true about genes?
c) They are not hereditary units.
b They are found in RNA.
d) They have no role in heredity.
a They control the synthesis of proteins.
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2. Transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring is called:
b) Reproduction
d) Mutation
a) Evolution
c) Heredity
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3. What is the segment of DNA that contains information for the synthesis of a particular protein called?
A) Chromosome
b) Gene
d) Hormone
c) Enzyme