Cell Cycle Part 1

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

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

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Sex cells have ____ chromosomes

• 46

• 48

• 23

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• 23

• 46

• 48

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

During fertilization, you receive ___ chromosomes from your father and ___ from mother

• 23

• 46

• 69

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What are the nucleotides made of?

• Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
• Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
• Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
• Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? (This is the MONOMER of DNA.) 

• amino acids
• nucleotides
• fatty acids
• polysaccharides