GED Science: Crazy Clones!?
Dudes, I delivered pizza to this creepy government experiment family the other day. They were all wearin’ white shirts and jeans, and all of them had short brown hair. Like they were a bunch of clones! I was sweatin’ so hard by the time they paid me, I just knew they were gonna suck me into their clone vortex and spit me out to be just like one of them. No way, dude, I’d never wear a white shirt. I’d get pizza stains all over it in an instant! Man, all my shirts are serious tomato sauce magnets. Hey, I wonder if my shirts have been secretly altered by the government too… I think it’s time to buy some new shirts! (Maybe the ones with, like, cool fire designs all across the chest, so you wouldn’t even notice all the pizza stains!)
So, today’s GED Science problem has to do with creepy clones! Ok, so maybe not clones, but families that look alike.
Which of the following would provide the best evidence of a blood relation?
1.) The two people look alike.
2.) Matching fingerprints
3.) Similar interests
4.) Legal documentation stating a blood relation
5.) DNA analysis
If we were thinkin’ about that clone family, then I think all of these would match! They all liked pizza and dressed the same! But wait, wait, we’ve got to figure out the best answer here. You always gotta look out for that word “best” or “most” so you don’t find an answer that kinda fits, then forget to read the rest. So, let’s check ‘em all out!
Number one looks like it might fool you. At first, I thought it was right, I mean, families look alike, right? Then I thought of this dude, Randy, I grew up with who totally coulda been my long lost twin brother! Hm… I wonder if he was? So that’s no good for an answer. Matching fingerprints sounds right too, right? But think about it. Fingerprints is used to detect criminals… and to get into secret secure government buildings… where they do alien autopsies! If families had the same fingerprints, that wouldn’t work. So number two’s out. Number three… similar interests… no way dude!!! Like, my dad’s interests is nothin’ like mine. It’s my friends that are into all the same stuff I am. Legal documents and DNA are both good answers, but sometimes documents can be wrong! Like if a dudette lied and said that Joe Somebody was Betty Somebody’s father, when her dad was actually Bob Anybody! Get it? DNA tests are solid! I’d go with answer 5. The “best evidence” is somethin’ pretty good to know, and something the GED wants you to think about… so you can tell for sure what’s going on. You know, make good decisions about what’s true. Legal documents might be pretty good evidence, but DNA evidence is totally proof. Can’t fake your DNA, right? Unless you’re part of a secret government lab faking alien DNA… but that’s another story…
Do you think any of these answers could help me figure out if that crazy family really was a quad of clones? Good luck with your GED studyin’!
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