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Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity
Item RH038001: If a mouse loses its tail in a mousetrap and has babies later, there will be no effect on the tails of the baby mice.
A mouse's tail gets caught in a mouse trap. When the mouse pulls free, its tail gets cut off. If the mouse has babies later, how will this affect the length of the tails of its babies?
- It will affect the length of the tails of all the babies.
- It will affect the length of the tails of some of the babies.
- It will not affect the length of the tails of any of the babies.
- It depends on how old the mouse was when its tail was cut off.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1798 |
6–8 n = 1074 |
9–12 n = 724 |
Male n = 863 |
Female n = 902 |
English n = 1630 |
Other n = 141 |
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| A. | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 13% |
| B. | 18% | 22% | 12% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 20% |
| C. | 62% | 58% | 67% | 57% | 66% | 63% | 53% |
| D. | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 14% |