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Biology I
Date: __________
GAS MILEAGE: A car magazine is trying to write an article that rates the top 5 most fuel efficient SUVs (the SUVs that can drive the
most miles for each gallon of gasoline). They make sure each model of SUV has exactly 10 gallons of gasoline in its fuel tank and
reset the odometer (instrument that measures the distance a vehicle has traveled) to zero. The SUVs are then driven until they run out
of gasoline. The distance on the odometer is recorded.
Independent variable(s): __________________________________________________________
Dependent variable: ______________________________________________________________
List 3 variables that should be controlled (held constant): _______________________________
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Describe any control group(s) in the experiment (if one doesnt exist, leave this section blank):
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_____ = Normal
Answer:
3. A man who is heterozygous for Huntingtons disease has a child with a normal woman. What is the
probability (%) their child will have Huntingtons disease?
Key: _____ = Huntingtons
_____ = Normal
Answer:
4. A man and a woman are both carriers (heterozygous) for Sickle Cell Anemia. Their first child has
Sickle Cell Anemia. What is the likelihood (%) their next child will have Sickle Cell Anemia?
Key: _____ = Normal
Answer:
5. A homozygous dominant man marries a woman with cystic fibrosis (CF). What is the expected ratio
of children with cystic fibrosis to normal children in their family?
Key: _____ = Normal
Answer:
6. A homozygous dominant woman marries a man with Cystic Fibrosis. What is the probability (%)
their child will be a carrier (heterozygous) for CF?
Key: _____ = Normal
Answer:
7. A heterozygous woman marries a man with Achondroplasia. What is the probability (%) their child
will be a carrier (heterozygous) for Achondroplasia?
Key: _____ = Normal
_____ = Achondroplasia
Answer:
Hummingbirds can have short or long beaks. Short beaks (H) are dominant to long beaks (h). A homozygous
recessive (hh) male hummingbird is crossed with a heterozygous (Hh) female hummingbird. A Punnett Square
has already been completed for you.
Alligators can have short or long tails. Long tails (A) are dominant to short tails (a). A heterozygous (Aa) male
alligator is crossed with a heterozygous (Aa) female alligator. A Punnett Square has already been completed for
you.
Biology I
Date: ____________________