Vocabulary Test - "GENES: All in the Family"

Which of the following words means "the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events"?

• extraction

• inherit

• control

• molecule

Jesse went to the dentist for a tooth​ (a)   she was very nervous about feeling any pain. ​

• extraction
• control
• unique
• trait

Match the following

• transmit

• to receive something from someone after that person's death; receive genes from a parent

• molecule

• the order in which things happen or should happen

• inherit

• smallest unit of most compounds

• sequence

• to send something across places; to pass along

• unique

• one of a kind; unequaled; unusual; found only in a given class, place, or situation

I hope to ​ (a)   my great grandmother's jewelry collection one day. My family has been passing down her ​ (b)   collection of gold​ necklaces and rings for decades.

• inherit
• unique
• control
• extraction

A _____ of water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

Which of the following words is the definition of "transmit"?

• the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events

• a characteristic pattern of behavior, way of being or genetically determined

• to receive something from someone after that person's death; receive genes from a parent

• to send something across places; to pass along

Which of the following is the definition for the word "sequence"?

• the order in which things happen or should happen

• smallest unit of most compounds

• to receive something from someone after that person's death; receive genes from a parent

• a characteristic pattern of behavior, way of being or genetically determined

Which one of the following words means "process of removal or something removed"?

• inherit

• control

• extraction

• unique

The plot of a story follows the ______ of events from the beginning, middle and end.

• control

• trait

• inherit

• sequence

Can you ​ (a)   a message from your tablet to an iPhone? ​

• transmit
• extraction
• molecule
• unique