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What influences your genes? Hint |
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Your surroundings |
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Heredity |
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All of the above |
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| 2) |
What are the building blocks of your tissues, organs, and organ systems? Hint |
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genes |
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atoms |
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cells |
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| 3) |
Fill in the blank. ____________ can help to analyze a person’s DNA for mutations. Hint |
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Cell membranes |
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DNA fingerprinting |
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Genetic testing |
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| 4) |
Who was the first person to figure out the rules of inheritance (passing traits from parents to offspring)? Hint |
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Wilhelm Johannsen |
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Gregor Mendel |
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Francis Crick |
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The DNA double helix looks a twisted ladder and the ladder’s rungs are made out of chemicals called bases—A, T, G and C. What do these letters stand for? Hint |
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argon, thorium, gallium, and cerium |
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adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine |
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abronia, torenia, globba, and celastrus |
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| 6) |
What is the shape of DNA? Hint |
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A trapezoid |
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A hexagon |
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A double helix |
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| 7) |
Which of the following carries the DNA message to protein “factories” (ribosomes) in the outskirts of the cell? Hint |
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Lysosomes |
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Mitochondria |
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mRNA |
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| 8) |
Which of the following make up proteins? Hint |
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Golgi Bodies |
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Amino Acids |
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Ribosomes |
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| 9) |
How many pairs of chromosomes do you have? Hint |
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23 |
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35 |
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46 |
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| 10) |
What is a protein? Hint |
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A protein is a chain made of 20 kinds of links called amino acids |
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A cell’s office or control center |
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A mutation |
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