DNA and the Genetic Code

A tightly wound bundle of DNA is a chromosome.

• False

• True

All instructions for how organisms grow and behave are located in _______

• Chromosomes

• Proteins

• Genes

• All of these

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A gene is a sequence of DNA bases that instructs the cell on how to build a _________.

• Protein

• Cell

• Expression

• DNa

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What does DNA do?

• a.  It carries genetic codes from parents to offspring.

• a.  It carries oxygen from the lungs to the body.

• a.  It tells you who you are.

• a.  It defines the organism.

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Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• nucleus

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What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait

• a piece of clothing

• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait

• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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How many chromosomes do human cells have?

• 46

• 23

• 2

• 44

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Bundled up, organized DNA is called a

• gene

• trait

• chromosome

• nucleotide

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• fungi to protists

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What is a genotype? 

• The genetic make up (code)

• The physical trait

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