DNA Vocabulary Review

How many chromosomes do human body cells normally have?

• 23

• 46

• 22

• 4

_______ is the genetic material that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function.  It has a double helix shape. 

• Traits
• Recessive Allele
• Dominant Allele
• DNA

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring is called ______.

• Heredity
• Genes
• Phenotype
• Allele

TRAITS include physical characteristics an organism inherited such as hair color, leaf shape, and fur color.

• True

• False

Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting

• mitosis (cell division)

• red blood cell formation

• sleep patterns

• ATP synthesis

An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a 

• tumor
• cyst
• lesion
• polyp

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Any substance that is known to cause cancer is called a

• carcinogen
• nicolyte
• pathogen
• retrovirus

Metastasis is

• the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.
• the growth of tumors in the lungs
• cancer of the blood cells
• cancer that is found in connective tissues

Any change in the sequence of DNA is a:

• transgenic shift

• Single Genotype

• Monohybrid Trait

• Mutation

What type of mutation is shown in the diagram?

• There isn't a mutation

• Frameshift Mutation - deletion

• Substitution mutation

• Point mutation