Evolution
Evolution and Natural Selection
Genetic variation results from mutations and allele shuffling during reproduction, which leads to variation in p…
Item EM042004: Genes are responsible for an organism's traits.
Which of the following would support the claim that a particular behavioral trait found in a population of organisms is inherited?
- If many individual organisms in that population had the trait
- If a gene was found for the trait
- If the trait could be learned by offspring from their parents
- If the trait was found in only one individual in that population
Which of the following shows that a trait is heritable? A. Many individual organisms have the trait. B. There is a gene that determines whether or not an organism will have the trait. C. Offspring learn the trait by watching their parents. D. The trait i
Pre-Test
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2269 |
6–8 n = 91 |
9–12 n = 2013 |
Male n = 963 |
Female n = 1143 |
English n = 2055 |
Other n = 63 |
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| A. | If many individual organisms in that population had the trait | 34% | 29% | 35% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 32% |
| B. | If a gene was found for the trait | 34% | 38% | 34% | 33% | 34% | 33% | 33% |
| C. | If the trait could be learned by offspring from their parents | 27% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 32% |
| D. | If the trait was found in only one individual in that population | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
Post-Test (Control)
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1104 |
6–8 n = 70 |
9–12 n = 901 |
Male n = 434 |
Female n = 555 |
English n = 949 |
Other n = 33 |
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| A. | If many individual organisms in that population had the trait | 34% | 37% | 34% | 35% | 35% | 34% | 45% |
| B. | If a gene was found for the trait | 38% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 40% | 39% | 27% |
| C. | If the trait could be learned by offspring from their parents | 23% | 21% | 23% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 15% |
| D. | If the trait was found in only one individual in that population | 5% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 12% |
Post-Test (Treatment)
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1165 |
6–8 n = 18 |
9–12 n = 1059 |
Male n = 535 |
Female n = 571 |
English n = 1055 |
Other n = 33 |
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| A. | If many individual organisms in that population had the trait | 37% | 33% | 37% | 38% | 36% | 37% | 36% |
| B. | If a gene was found for the trait | 35% | 22% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 30% |
| C. | If the trait could be learned by offspring from their parents | 24% | 39% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| D. | If the trait was found in only one individual in that population | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 9% |