Genes and Variations in Genes

What do you call a small section of DNA?

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Nucleus

• Base pairs

What joins the two strands of DNA together?

What does the order of DNA bases determine?

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the term used to describe different versions of the same gene?

• Allele

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Bases

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Tick the 2 variations that would be caused by having different alleles

• different eye colour

• different hair colour

• different piercings

• different scars

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Variation in a population is caused by having different.................

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Where is DNA found in a cell?

Humans having different eye colors is an example of ............

• evolution

• variation

• transpiration

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Blood type is an example of..........

• Inherited characteristic

• Environmental characteristic

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Height is an example of..........

• Inherited characteristic

• Environmental characteristic

• Both

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5