Review - DNA Heredity

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What are the genes of an organism that are written with capital or lowercase letters?

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Genotype

Front

What are the four nitrogen bases that pair up to form the rungs in the DNA double helix?

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C+G and A+T

Front

What does every living thing have that stores genetic information?

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DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Front

What is a region of DNA that controls a trait called?

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Gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

True or false: Mutations only harm chances of survival.

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False

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

What is the structure that carries genetic information in living organisms?

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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Front

What are the two types of traits that can be expressed in an organism?

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Dominant and recessive traits

Front

What is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism called?

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Phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Front

What is the term for a change in the DNA sequence?

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Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

What is the process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring?

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Heredity

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2