Genetics Review

Which is a macromolecule that carries the genetic code and allows for organisms to pass on traits to their offspring?

• protein

• DNA

• hemoglobin

• lipids

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A _____________ is a segment of DNA. It has a particular location on a chromosome.

• protein

• gene

• nucleic acid

• histone

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Genes code for __________ which determine your phenotype.

• proteins

• alleles

• nucleic acids

• DNA

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A single molecule of ________ has thousands of _______ lined up like cars of a train.

• protein, genes

• nucleic acid, proteins

• DNA, genes

• carbohydrate, gene

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Genes contain the information needed for the synthesis of __________.

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• nucleic acids

• proteins

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Which molecule carries out the work of the cell and makes up the phenotype of an organism?

• carbohydrates

• genes

• proteins

• DNA

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Genes code for proteins and proteins determine the traits.

• True

• False

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____________ are different version of a gene.

• Traits

• Alleles

• Hybrids

• Purebreds

Where do eukaryotic organisms store their DNA?

• in the cytoplasm

• in the ribosomes

• in the Golgi apparatus

• in the nucleus

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DNA that is supercoiled into a more dense structure is called a

• cetromere

• telomere

• gene

• chromosome