#4 Growth and Development

#4 Growth and Development

By Alison Tasich

Multiple Choice

What do you think is the off/on switch

• The light switch

• The DNA

• protein

• There is no switch

Open Ended

How can you explain that all cells have the same DNA yet they can make different proteins?

Multiple Choice

When do you think insulin needs to be made?

• 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!) 

• Does not need to be made

Multiple Choice

When do you think Rhodopsin needs to be made?

• 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!) 

• Doesn't need to be made.

Multiple Choice

When do you think Hemoglobin needs to be made?

• 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!) 

• Doesn't need to be made.

Multiple Choice

When do you think Keratin needs to be made?

• 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!) 

• Doesn't need to be made

Multiple Choice

When do you think Pepsin needs to be made?

• 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!) 

• Doesn't need to be made

Open Ended

Why do you think pepsin and insulin are not made all the times?

Open Ended

What do you think turns the gene on or off?

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

What is gene regulation?

Open Ended

What are transcription factors?

Open Ended

How is it only some genes are turned on or off?