DNA and genes

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic acid
• Denitrogenous acid
• Deribonucleic acid
• Diribonucleic acid

The shape of the DNA molecule is a double __________________?

• "S"
• helix
• rope
• curve

Where are chromosomes found in a cell?

• In the neutron of the cell.

• In the nucleus of the cell.

• In the proton of the cell.

• In the cell membrane of the cell.

The yellow part of this picture is DNA. What do you think the turquoise part around it is?

• chromosome
• gene
• DNA
• ACTG

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What is a gene?

• A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into
• something inside the nucleus
• a piece of DNA
• all of your DNA

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The traits of an organism are passed to its offspring on small coded strands of DNA material called

• meiosis
• recessive traits
• genes
• heredity

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How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

• 21

• 22

• 23

• 24

What is the correct sequence of structures from smallest to largest?

• Chromosomes, Gene, DNA, Nucleus, Cell

• Cell, Nucleus, Chromosomes, DNA, Genes

• DNA, Gene, Nucleus, Chromosome, Cell

• Gene, DNA, Chromosomes, Nucleus, Cell

• Gene Nucleus, DNA, Chromosome, Cell

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Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine are examples of

• DNA structure
• DNA bases
• DNA double helix
• Paired bases