Genes and Mutations

________ are changes in genetic material. 

• Genes
• Mutations
• Variations
• Biology

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___________ is the genetic material found in cells that contain the code of life, usually called DNA.

• A trait
• A mutation
• A chromosome
• Deoxyribonucleic acid

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Forensic scientists study ______ to help figure out crimes.

• DNA
• plants
• cells
• fossils

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Differences in traits are called _________ and explain why siblings don't look exactly alike.

• mutations
• variations
• traits
• evolution

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Traits can be inherited or influenced by ______ factors, like the sun. 

• environmental
• mutation
• variation
• genetic

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_________ are strands of DNA that have been tightly coiled. 

• Genes
• Traits
• Chromosomes
• DNA

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Genetic traits are passed from ________ to ________.

• parent; offspring
• chromosomes; traits
• DNA; genes
• offspring; parents

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 A _________ is a scientist who studies viruses.

• virologist
• biologist
• botanist
• chemist

Humans have ____ chromosomes.

• 57
• 22
• 46
• 100

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A ________ is a part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s). 

• trait
• mutation
• bacteria
• gene

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