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Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity
Genetic information is encoded in DNA molecules.
Item RH024004: Both a plant's physical characteristics and its behaviors could be affected by the information in the DNA molecules in the plant.
Which of the following could be affected by the information in the DNA molecules of an organism such as a plant?
- Both the plant’s physical characteristics and its behaviors
- The plant’s physical characteristics but not its behaviors
- The plant’s behaviors but not its physical characteristics
- Neither the plant’s physical characteristics nor its behaviors
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1616 |
6–8 n = 923 |
9–12 n = 693 |
Male n = 811 |
Female n = 782 |
English n = 1436 |
Other n = 130 |
|
| A. | 44% | 41% | 48% | 43% | 45% | 45% | 32% |
| B. | 33% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 39% |
| C. | 12% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| D. | 11% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 17% |