Proteins and Traits

What is "a specific characteristic of an individual"?

• feature

• trait

• Variation

• Structure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is "a group of traits"

• function

• gene version

• feature

• structure

What is "a type of large molecule that performs important functions in the body"?

• Protein

• Gene

• Starch

• Trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is it about proteins that affects the trait?

• The color

• The smell

• Proteins don't affect traits

• The shape

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is a feature of spider silk?

• Flexibility

• Strength

• Color

• All of these

True or False: Having a brown body is a feature of spiders.

• True

• False

True or False: Body color is a feature of spiders and a brown body is a trait of spiders.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

If a silk protein has 4 connection points will it be more strong or more flexible?

• More strong

• More flexible

• There is no way to know

If a spider silk protein has no connection points what will happen?

• It will be super stretchy

• It will be super flexible

• It will be super strong

• The proteins will not make any silk

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

True or False: Silk proteins are the same shape as body color proteins.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1