DNA, Genes, & Chromosomes

What are the cellular units of information that determine how an organism inherits characteristics from parents- encodes genetic material?

• genes

• DNA

• chromosomes

• RNA

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Which of the following terms contains the rest?

• chromosome

• gene

• DNA

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What do you call the entire genetic makeup of an organism?

• genome

• chromosome

• DNA

• gene

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What is known as the blueprint or code of life and is the ultimate source of genetic information for the cell?

• genes

• DNA

• chromosomes

• genome

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What is the structure in the nucleus of a cell that holds one long molecule of DNA?

• gene

• chromosome

• genome

• RNA

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The number of chromsomes depends on the type of organism.

• true

• false

What do you call the pair of chromosomes in an organism that determines the sex of the organism?

• sex chromosomes

• autosomes

What are all other chromosomes that do not determine sex?

• sex chromosomes

• autosomes

DNA makes up:

• proteins

• chromosomes

• nucleotides

• centromeres

Which nitrogenous base is not found on DNA?

• cytosine

• thymine

• guanine

• adenine

• uracil