Quiz about DNA Basics

Question 1

Which of these is controlled by your DNA?

Accepted Answer

Color of your eyes

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What you ate yesterday

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Tattoos

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How many bonds carbon wants

Question 2

DNA, in eukaryotes, is found within the...

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

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Golgi apparatus

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Cytosol

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Outside the plasma membrane

Question 3

Before new cells are produced, what process needs to happen?

Accepted Answer

DNA Replication

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Transcription

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Translation

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Protein synthesis

Question 4

Why is DNA important?

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it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

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it is very small and very complicated

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it's in everything

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because we eat it every day for energy

Question 5

The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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Generation

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Inheritance

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Traits

Question 6

Segments of DNA are called _______________________

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Genes

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Nuclei

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genotypes

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Chromosomes

Question 7

A unit of genetic material that determines a trait

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Gene

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Carrier

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DNA

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chromosome

Question 8

What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits

Accepted Answer

Gene

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Nucleus

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Chromosomes

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Centromeres

Question 9

Where is all the genetic information in a cell?

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Nucleus

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Nucleotides

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Chromosomes

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Cytoplasm

Question 10

What does DNA stand for?

Accepted Answer

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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Deoxyribose Enzymes

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Deoxyribose Messenger

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Retro deoxyribose Acis

Question 11

What are the four bases of DNA?

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ATGC

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ATDC

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GCAS

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DNAB

Question 12

How many base pairs are in an entire human genome?

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3, 000, 000, 000

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300, 000, 000

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3, 000, 000

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3, 000

Question 13

How much of your DNA do you inherit from your mom?

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50%

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10%

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25%

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it varies

Question 14

How many pairs of chromosomes does each person have?

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23

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46

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2

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1,046,023

Question 15

All _____ have DNA.

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Living organisms

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Solid objects

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Human cells

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Chemical compounds

Question 16

The term "double helix" refers to:

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The shape of a DNA molecule

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The type of cell that contains DNA.

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The number of DNA molecules in each cell

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The size of a DNA molecule

Question 17

How is DNA similar to a fingerprint?

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Both are unique to each individual

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Both have a double helix shape

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Both are found in the nucleus of every cell in the body

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Both determine physical traits such as height and eye color

Question 18

DNA can best be compared to a building's:

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Blueprint

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Bricks

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Residents

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Rooms

Question 19

How many chromosomes do humans have?

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46

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23

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100

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20,000

Question 20

A picture of all the chromosomes in a cell arranged in pairs

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karyotype

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genetic disorder

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Punnett Square

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Pedigree

Question 21

What is this a picture of?

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karyotype

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pedigree

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genome

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chromosome

Question 22

When DNA is in its less coiled, "relaxed," state, between cell divisions, it is called

Accepted Answer

chromatin

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autosomes

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chromatid

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centromere

Question 23

What is the relationship between DNA and chromosomes?

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Chromosomes are made of DNA

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DNA is made of chromosomes

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DNA and chromosomes are the same thing.

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All of the above are correct

Question 24

Why are your chromosomes arranged in pairs?

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Because you get one from your mom and one from your dad

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Scientists have no idea

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Because pairs can divide easier

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Because DNA is awesome

Question 25

Which statement is true?

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Your DNA is unique to you.

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Your DNA is the same as your siblings.

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Your set of DNA is identical to your mothers.

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Your set of DNA is identical to your fathers.

Question 26

Besides genetics, what other factors are responsible for how you will grow and develop?

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Nutrition and environment

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How people treat you

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How hard you study

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What your parents look like

Question 27

Put in order smallest to largest:

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Gene - DNA - Chromosome

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Chromosome - DNA - Gene

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DNA - Gene  Chromosome

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Chromosome - Gene  - DNA

Question 28

Which is true about DNA?

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DNA contains many genes

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Only animals have DNA in their cells

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DNA research is simple and quick

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None of the above are true.

Question 29

Inherited traits are controlled by

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genetic information in the genes

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the environment a baby is born into

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the nucleus and mitochondria

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none of the above

Question 30

Which of the following is the best definition for heredity?

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Heredity is the passing of traits from parent to offspring.

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Heredity is the passing of particles from high concentration to low concentration.

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Heredity explains how DNA copies itself.

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Heredity is the forming of clones.

DNA Basics

30 questions

Which of these is controlled by your DNA?

DNA, in eukaryotes, is found within the...

Before new cells are produced, what process needs to happen?

Why is DNA important?

The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

Segments of DNA are called _______________________

A unit of genetic material that determines a trait

What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits

Where is all the genetic information in a cell?

What does DNA stand for?

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