Chromosomes, Genes, Traits

Chromosomes, Genes, Traits

By B Diaz

Multiple Choice

Where is a DNA located?

• In the bones

• In the cystoplasm

• In the nucleus of a cell

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is DNA?

• A list of directions on how to build a living thing

• A delicious type of drink

• How you look

​DNA is in every cell. It contains directions on how to build a living thing.

​DNA

A gene is a piece or pieces of DNA that decides a trait.

​​Gene

​The physical appearance - things we can see about others

​​Traits

Multiple Choice

What is a gene?

• A pair of pants

• A part of DNA that determines how you look

• How you look

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order from SMALLEST to LARGEST?

• gene, DNA, chromosome, nucleus, cell

• cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA, gene

• gene, chromosome, DNA, nucleus, cell

• gene, DNA, nucleus, chromosome, cell

​The appearance a living thing is born with or grows up with

​​Inherited Traits

How you choose to change your appearance

​​Acquired Traits

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between an inherited trait and an acquired trait?

• Inherited traits you get from your parents and an acquired trait you learn

• Inherited traits you learn and an acquired trait you get from your parent

• There is no difference

• Acquired traits and inherited traits are a product of your environmet

​Something a living thing had to be taught

​​Learned Behavior

No one taught the living thing to do it.

​​Instinct

Multiple Choice

A dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...

• learned behavior
• inherited behavior
• physical trait
• instinct

Multiple Choice

Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand of a beach. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...

• inherited behavior
• camouflage
• hibernation
• learned behavior

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about genetic information?

• A DNA molecule is a section of a gene found on the nucleus of chromosome.

• The nucleus of a cell contains genes that are made up of chromosomes composed of DNA.

• A gene is a section of DNA and is found on a chromosome in the cell's nucleus.

• A chromosome is a section of a gene found in the nucleus of a DNA molecule.