Model Organism Quiz

Prokaryotic, Single celled organism that carries out cell processes similar to human cells.

• E. coli

• Yeast

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• Mice Mus musculus

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Model organism that cannot be used to study the nuclei of cells

• E. coli

• Yeast

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• Mice Mus musculus

Single celled Eukaryotic organism used for fundamental genetic research

• E. coli

• Yeast

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• Small squids Loligo pealei

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Single celled model organism that is used to study the nuclei of cells

• E. coli

• Yeast

• C. elegans

• Small squids Loligo pealei

model organism used to study development and cell death

• E. coli

• C. elegans

• Mice Mus musculus

• Small squids Loligo pealei

Model organism that develops form a zygote to an adult in 3 days

• E. coli

• C. elegans

• Fruit Flies Drosophila melanogaster

• Small squids Loligo pealei

invertebrate that shares 75% of human disease genes and 50% of its protein sequences have mammalian monologues..

• E. coli

• C. elegans

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• Small squids Loligo pealei

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Model organism that has only 4 pairs of chromosomes

• E. coli

• C. elegans

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• Small squids Loligo pealei

invertebrate with large complex brain used to study nerve function, memory, and memory loss.

• E. coli

• C. elegans

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• small squids Loligo pealei

have a giant axon that can be examined for electrical signal transmission

• E. coli

• C. elegans

• Fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster

• small squids Loligo pealei