Genome Site Cold Fusion Template

1)	What new science, a blending of biology, math, and computer science, is helping to “wade through the flood of As, Ts, Cs and Gs”? Hint

		bioinformatics
		robotics
		gene scanning

2)	Who came up with the first model of the structure of DNA? Hint

		Crick and Watson
		Gregor Mendel
		Francis Collins

3)	What are the helper proteins that assist during DNA copying? Hint

		Enzymes
		Ribosomes
		Amino Acids

4)	Who was the first person to figure out the rules of inheritance (passing traits from parents to offspring)? Hint

		Wilhelm Johannsen
		Gregor Mendel
		Francis Crick

5)	What is a protein? Hint

		A protein is a chain made of 20 kinds of links called amino acids
		A cell’s office or control center
		A mutation

6)	What is the name for our entire set of genes? Hint

		DNA
		The human genome
		Ribosome

7)	All creatures on earth use the same genetic code. What percentage of DNA do humans share? Hint

		75%
		99.9%
		30%

8)	What are your genes made of? Hint

		Amino Acids
		Blood
		DNA

9)	Water makes up what percentage of our body? Hint

		80%
		60%
		40%

10)	Which of the following carries the DNA message to protein “factories” (ribosomes) in the outskirts of the cell? Hint

		Lysosomes
		Mitochondria
		mRNA