BR: Gene Expression, Cell Differentiation

BR: Gene Expression, Cell Differentiation

9th Grade

9 Qs

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BR: Gene Expression, Cell Differentiation

BR: Gene Expression, Cell Differentiation

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Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS1-4, MS-LS3-1, MS-LS1-5

+2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which best explains why muscle cells are different from blood cells?

Muscle cells are produced by the brain, but blood cells are produced by the heart. 
Different genes are activated in muscle cells than in blood cells. 
Muscles cells experience different environmental influences than blood cells. 
A mutation occurs during the development of muscle cells but not in blood cells. 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can a person's muscle cells have the same exact DNA sequences as their nerve cells even though the look and perform completely different?

The two different cells become mutated

The proteins expressed in each cell are different

They actually have different DNA in the two types of cells.

The genome of the different cells changes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function.

cell multiplication
cell division
mitosis
cell differentiation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is cell differentiation?

The process where unspecialized cells become different in structure and function.

When DNA controls the cell cycle.

The ability of cells to make more cells.

The ability of cells to maintain homeostasis.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cells that have the ability to become any type of specialized cell in the body are called:

cell membranes

stem cells

nerve cells

cardiac cells

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

All our cells, except sex cells like eggs or sperm, have ___________ DNA

different
similar
exactly the same
half the amount of 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How do stem cells know what type of cells to differentiate into?

The nucleus has instructions to turn some genes on and some genes off.
Signals from chemicals in the organism or from the environment determine which genes will be turned on and off.
Genes turn on and off randomly.
The cell has unique DNA that determines what the cell will become.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

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