Genomics Midterm Practice Quiz

Multiple Choice

What is the name given to all the genetic information that an organism possesses?

• Genome

• Book of Information

• Genus

• Geneticology

Multiple Choice

In humans, DNA molecules are scattered throughout the cell.

• True - there is DNA throughout the cytoplasm

• False - DNA is located in the nucleus

Multiple Choice

DNA is short for...

• Dendritic Ribonucleic Acid

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Dexycyclonethertic Acid

• National Dunce's Association

Multiple Choice

What is a short segment of DNA that codes for a characteristic?

• chromosome

• DNA

• RNA

• gene

Multiple Choice

DNA has a special structure called a

• single helix

• double helix

• triple helix

• ladder

Multiple Choice

What is a gene?

• A substance that pairs with a similar substance in the nucleus

• something inside the nucleus

• a short piece of DNA that codes for a certain characteristic

• all of your DNA in total

Multiple Choice

There are four DNA bases, A, T, C and...

• D

• G

• X

• Y

Multiple Choice

Understanding the human genome is important because...

• we can search for genes linked to different types of disease

• we can understand and treat inherited disorders

• we can trace human migration patterns from the past

• all of these answers

Multiple Choice

What is a Gene?

• A segment of RNA that encodes for a protein
• A chromosome
• A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein
• Your genome

Scientific Method

1. Ask a question
2. Research Topic
3. Form Hypothesis
4. Test Hypothesis
5. Analyze Data
6. Conclusion & Communicate Results

Multiple Choice

If I am testing to see if adding more water to a plant will increase it's height, what would be my independent variable?

• plant height

• amount of water

Independent vs Dependent

Independent - "I change" ; part being tested

Dependent - "data" ; what gets measured

Multiple Choice

If I am testing which dog food is the tastiest, what would be my dependent variable?

• amount of dog food eaten

• type of dog food

Control Group vs Constants

Control Group - baseline group; what I am comparing my results back to; opposite of independent variable

Constants - things in an experiment that should stay the same; everything else besides independent and dependent

Multiple Choice

What would my control group be?

Independent: type of music

Dependent: test scores

• no music

• textbook

• test scores

Multiple Select

What would my constants be? (select all that apply)

Independent: type of music

Dependent: test scores

• type of music

• gender of students

• test scores

• textbook

Multiple Choice

This organelle creates energy for both plant and animal cells. Known as the "powerhouse"

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Golgi Body

• Nucleus

Multiple Choice

Which organelle is in plant cells but not animal cells?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• Ribosomes

Multiple Choice

This is found inside the nucleus.

• DNA/genetic material

• Ribosomes

• Lysosomes

• Vacuole

Multiple Choice

This is the protective outer layer in both cell types, that allows certain things in and out of the cell.

• Ribosome

• Mitochondria

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the blueprint for the production of RNA within a cell?

• DNA
• protein
• ATO
• carbohydrate

Multiple Choice

The DNA sequence ATCAGCGCTGGC is part of a gene. How many amino acids are coded for by this message?

• 4
• 8
• 12
• 20

Multiple Choice

Genetic info flows in one direction. Which best represents this flow?

• DNA-protein-RNA
• Protein-RNA-DNA
• RNA-protein-DNA
• DNA-RNA-protein

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows the process of

• Transcription
• Translation
• Replication
• Mitosis

Multiple Choice

Where does transcription take place?

• nucleus
• ribosome
• cytoplasm
• smooth ER

Multiple Choice

Where does translation take place?

• Nucleus
• Ribosome
• Golgi Body
• Cytoplasm

Multiple Choice

DNA sequence is ACAGTGC. How would this be coded on mRNA?

• TGTCACG
• UGUCACG
• GUGACAU
• CACUGUA

Multiple Choice

What nitrogen base is in DNA but NOT RNA?

• uracil
• thymine
• guanine
• adenine

Multiple Choice

How many pairs of chromosomes do human cells contain?

• 23

• 46

• 16

• 32

Multiple Choice

We inherit our genes from ...

• our nucleus.

• our parents.

• from the food we eat.

The strawberry will be squished in a ziploc bag, in order to break the outermost barrier of the strawberry.

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Take a second to try and remember if you learned about this cell structure before!

Step 1 | CRUSHING the Strawberry​

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Multiple Choice

When squishing the strawberry, what barrier are we breaking down?

• Nuclear Membrane

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Exoskeleton

Adding our fancy lysis solution (aka soapy water) will help us get through the next TWO barriers.

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These two barriers our known as lipid bilayers which will dissolve when coming into contact with our soapy solution.

Step 2 | Cell Lysis

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Multiple Choice

The cell lysis solution will allow us to break through the next TWO barriers. What are these barriers?

• Cell Wall and Cell Membrane

• Cell Membrane and Nuclear Membrane

• Nucleus and Nucleolus

• Cell Wall and Nuclear Membrane

Multiple Choice

240 cm = ___________ m

• 2400
• 24
• 2.4
• 0.24

Multiple Choice

 68 cm = ___________ mm

• 0.68
• 6.8
• 68
• 680

Multiple Choice

Which unit is the smallest?  

• km
• mm
• m
• cm 

Multiple Choice

8 kilometers equals how many meters?

• 800 m

• 80,000 m

• 8,000 m

• 0.008 m

Multiple Choice

Which word means "how much space something takes up"?

• volume

• weight

• mass

Multiple Choice

Which word means "the amount of matter in an object"?

• volume

• weight

• mass