Genetics and DNA

What is heredity?

• Gaining money when a family member passes

• What you do when you need a haircut

• The passing of traits from parents to offspring

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The genetic material or instructions inherited from your parents deciding your traits is called ______________.

• ribosomes

• DNA

• nucleus

• CNA

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

• 26

• 25

• 24

• 23

DNA is organized in a spiral shape called a ________________.

• double helix

• double ladder

• double hitter

• double trouble

___________ are sections of DNA which codes for a trait.

• Genes

• Chromosomes

• Alleles

• Sections

When someone copies DNA to try to create another organisms, what is this called?

• duplicating

• recreating

• cloning

• crowning

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TRUE OR FALSE:

You get half of your chromosomes from your mother and half of your chromosomes from your father.

• true

• false

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TRUE OR FALSE:

Each strand of DNA comes with millions of pairs of four different bases.

• true

• false

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Mapping human genome is identifying all the genes of humans.

• true

• false

Chromosomes are made up of DNA.

• true

• false

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