Growth and Development: On/Off Switch

Open Ended

Prediction: How do some cells end up with proteins that other cells do not have if they have the same DNA?

Multiple Choice

Decide if Insulin...

• Needs to be made in abundance and all of the time in the cell.

• Needs to be made in abundance, but only at specific times. (And quickly!) 

• Needs to be made more sparingly in the cell (lower amount) but still all of the time.

Multiple Choice

Decide if Rhodopsin...

• Needs to be made in abundance and all of the time in the cell.

• Needs to be made more sparingly in the cell (lower amount) but still all of the time.

• Needs to be made in abundance, but only at specific times. (And quickly!) 

Multiple Choice

Decide if Hemoglobin...

• Needs to be made in abundance and all of the time in the cell.

• Needs to be made more sparingly in the cell (lower amount) but still all of the time.

• Needs to be made in abundance, but only at specific times. (And quickly!) 

Multiple Choice

Decide if Keratin...

• Needs to be made in abundance and all of the time in the cell.

• Needs to be made more sparingly in the cell (lower amount) but still all of the time.

• Needs to be made in abundance, but only at specific times. (And quickly!) 

Multiple Choice

Decide if pepsin...

• Needs to be made in abundance and all of the time in the cell.

• Needs to be made more sparingly in the cell (lower amount) but still all of the time.

• Needs to be made in abundance, but only at specific times. (And quickly!) 

Open Ended

Prediction: Why are pepsin and insulin not always on while the other genes are?

Open Ended

Prediction: What do you think turns genes on and off? How does this "thing" know when to turn a gene on or off?

Multiple Choice

What do you notice about the number of bases compared to genes?

• There are more genes than bases

• There are more bases than genes

• There is an equal number of bases to genes.

Multiple Choice

What is the molecule called that turns a gene on and off?

• A light switch

• Enzyme

• Ribosome

• Transcription factor

Multiple Select

Where do transcription factors bind in relation to the gene?

• Upstream

• Downstream

• After the gene

• Before the gene

Multiple Choice

What is the vocabulary word for the process of genes being turned on and off?

• Genes working

• Gene regulation

• Gene switching

• Gene coding

Multiple Choice

True or False: Gene expression is a simple concept that scientists know everything about

• True

• False

Write the Vocabulary Words that are posted in Google Classroom to your notebook.

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