Science Form 4 - 5.1

All living things are made of basic units called _________

• genes

• cells

• money

A cell is...

• the basic unit of structure and function in living organism

• an organism

• a basic part of everything that we see

• found only in animals, not plants

What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?

• ER

• ATP

• DNA

Which part of the cell is often called "the brain of the cell"?

• Nucleus

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

DNA is inside your cells. What part of the cell is the DNA inside of?

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

What is a gene?

• A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into

• a piece of DNA

• something inside the nucleus

• all of your DNA

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated

• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

• it's in everything

The twisted ladder shape of DNA is referred to as a ....

• Twizzler candy

• double helix

• twisted ladder

Number 2 is:

• Chromatid

• Centrosome

• Chomatin

• Centromere

From smallest to largest how would genetic information be organized?

• genes, cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA

• DNA, gene, chromosome, nucleus, cell

• chromosome, cell, gene, DNA, nucleus

• nucleus, cell, gene, DNA, chromosome