Genes Proteins Traits

Which of the following is a FEATURE?

• Body Color

• Yellow Body

• Brown Body

• Colorless Body

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following is a TRAIT?

• Body Color

• Green Stripe

• Silk Flexibility

• Silk Stickiness

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This protein makes spider silk sticky.

The sentence above describes the protein's ___________.

• Function

• Structure

This protein has a point on the bottom, and on the top has a projection with two sticks coming off of it.

The sentence above describes the protein's ___________.

• Function

• Structure

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which of the following is true about proteins?

• Proteins are all the same shape.

• Proteins are only found in our food.

• Proteins are molecules that do important jobs in our cells/bodies

• Proteins get broken down into glucose molecules to make energy for our cells

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

How many different types of protein does Greg have in his cells for the feature silk flexibility?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 12

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What determines how a protein will work (function)?

• The color of a protein determines how it will work

• The name of a protein will determine how it will work

• The shape of a protein will determine how it will work

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

There is a species of lizard (that Mrs. Whitman made up) that can have three different skin colors: green, orange or purple. There are three different types of proteins that can be found in the skin cells of this lizard. The proteins connect to pigment molecules (color molecules) = that give the lizard its trait for color. Click the image to make it bigger. What kind of protein do you think Mrs. Whitman will find in the skin cells of a ORANGE lizard?

• protein A

• protein B

• protein C

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What color would expect a lizard to be if it had only protein B in its cells?

• Green

• Orange

• Purple

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is a gene?

• Instructions for making a protein

• A trait of an organism

• A type of protein

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1