8th Grade Genetics

An organism has how many copies of a gene for each feature?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Heterozygous means there is/are............

• 0 copies of the same gene.

• 1 copy of the same gene.

• 2 copies of the same gene.

• 2 copies of genes that are different.

Smallest unit of all living things.

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Protein molecule

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The organelle where all genetic material is stored containing the codes to make proteins.

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Protein molecule

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Type of large molecule that performs important functions inside the cell.

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Protein molecule

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The organelle where proteins are assembled.

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Protein molecule

The way something is shaped or constructed.

• feature

• structure

• gene

• organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A characteristic that members of a species have.

• feature

• variation

• structure

• gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

How many copies of different versions of genes, that provide instructions for one type of protein, do homozygous genes have?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

The difference in traits between individual organisms.

• function

• structure

• gene

• variation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3