Traits and Cells

These tell a cell how to function e.g. be a brain cell, be a heart cell, be a lung cell

• Traits

• Chromosomes

• Genes

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We have around 50, 000, 000, 000, 000 of them

• Genes

• Chromosomes

• Cells

• Traits

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_______ are features of a living thing that can include height, bone structure, disease risk, and hair, skin, and eye color.

• Genes

• Cells

• Traits

• Chromosomes

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What are the x-shaped objects called inside of the nucleus of a cell?

• genes

• DNA

• chromosomes

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Why is DNA important?

• It is very small and very complicated.

• It is in everything.

• It serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things.

• We eat it every day for energy.

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One set of instructions for an inherited trait is known as -

• heredity

• allele

• trait

• gene

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes is called a -

• protein

• trait

• DNA

• gene

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Which part of the cell contains the genetic material responsible for inherited traits?

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Cell membrane

• Mitochondria

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What is the basic unit of heredity that determines specific traits in an organism?

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Protein

• Cell

Which of the following is a method used to study the inheritance of traits in organisms?

• Genetic mapping

• Cell division

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

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