Chromosomes

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains Uracil

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Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

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Eye color, hair color, having freckles, etc. are examples of:

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• Traits

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The picture shows 46 chromosomes taken from a human:

• Male, because there are two X chromosomes

• Male because there is an X and a Y

• Female because there are two X chromosomes

• Female because there is an X and a Y

"Offspring" means:

• Children

• Parents

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Threadlike structures within a cell’s nucleus that contain DNA that is passed from one generation to the next

• Alleles

• Genes

• Chromosomes

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Every cell in your body other than sex cells has ____ chromosomes

• 23

• 46

• 48

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Sex cells have ____ chromosomes

• 46

• 48

• 23

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The number of chromosomes _____ in different species

• vary

• are the same

a distinct sequence of nucleotides forming part of a chromosome, a ____ codes for a particular trait

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Pedigree

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