SC.7.L.16.1 Heredity Question Preview (ID: 45296)
DNA, Heredity, Chromosome, Gene.
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Which of your body's cells contain DNA?
a) all of them
b) only reproductive cells
c) only blood cells
d) only brain cells
Every organism requires...
a) sunlight, water, food, and air
b) organelles in their cells
c) a set of instructions that specify traits
d) movement, growth and change, maintain homeostasis
Which order goes from most complex to least complex?
a) gene, a DNA molecule, chromosomes
b) a DNA molecule, chromosomes
c) chromosomes, gene, a DNA molecule
d) chromosomes, a DNA molecule, gene
What is the best description of a clone?
a) Someone who looks exactly the same as another person (doppelganger).
b) Someone whose DNA is an exact copy of someone else's
c) Someone whose DNA is similar to someone else's (like a twin)
d) Someone who acts exactly like another person
The genetic material of an organism is....
a) DNA
b) cells
c) nucleus
d) a gene
A chromosome is best described as...
a) a reproductive cell found in archaic bacteria
b) a small section of DNA containing a gene
c) a folded strand of DNA containing genetic information
d) a unit of inheritance that is passed on to the next generation as a whole
Where are genes located?
a) in the chromosomes of each cell
b) in the ribosomes of each cell
c) in the closet next to the shirts
d) in the reproductive cells
Which statement is accurate about inheritance?
a) A male child's DNA will exactly match the father's DNA
b) A child's DNA will be unrelated to the mother's or father's DNA
c) A child's DNA will show similarities to both the mother's and father's DNA
d) A female child's DNA will exactly match the mother's DNA
A dog gives birth to five puppies. What percentage of its chromosomes does one puppy share with its mother?
a) 100%
b) 50%
c) 25%
d) 75%
Heredity is the...
a) a folded up DNA strand that stores your genetic material
b) a long molecule that determines your physical appearance
c) a set of instructions that specify traits
d) passage of genetic instructions from one generation to another
What is a generation?
a) a label used to distinguish between the older and younger people living at the same time
b) all people born and living around the same time that have inherited genetic material from the previous group
c) approximately 30 years where a person grows up and then has children of their own
d) a generalization made about a group of people
How is a trait different from a gene?
a) A gene can exist in many forms (brown/blue eye) whereas a trait is the physical characteristic (eye color)
b) A gene is determined by your father's DNA whereas a trait is determined by your mother's DNA.
c) A gene is what you inherit from your parents whereas a trait is something unique to you
d) A gene is a segment of DNA whereas a trait is all the genes you inherit from one parent
Number of humps is a trait: A camel with one or two humps are the variations
a) protein
b) chromosome
c) DNA
d) gene
A strand of DNA contains your unique genetic code made with...
a) amino acids
b) genes
c) nucleotide bases
d) chromosomal pairs
Pairs of genes that control the same trait are called...
a) gametes
b) alleles
c) hybrids
d) chromosomes
Knowledge of the structure and function of DNA is important because...
a) all of the choices
b) when it undergoes a chemical reaction it releases energy
c) it stores food and enzymes for the cell to use as it needs them
d) it passes on genetic information to the next generation
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