Quiz about Science chapter 5/6

Question 1

How many bases does the code have for a given amino acid

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three

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one

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four

Question 2

if you use DNA to figure out who did a crime it is called

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DNA finger printing

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detective work

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genetic engineering

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genetic disease

Question 3

What does each parent give to their offspring?

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alleles

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meiosis

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genes

Question 4

Messenger RNA goes where?

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to a ribosome

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to a genetic egnineer

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to a protein

Question 5

I'm a subunit , I consist of sugar , phosphate, and nitrogenous base . What am I?

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nucleotide

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mutation

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DNA

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Sex chromosome

Question 6

It plays a role in protein production, present in living cells, what is it?

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RNA

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DNA

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Ribosome

Question 7

What acid is in living cells and contains the information that determines traits

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DNA

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mutation

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pedigree

Question 8

Generations of a family trait is shown on this chart.

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pedigree

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meiosis

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DNA

Question 9

When the chromosomes decreases to half original number , during cell division

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meiosos

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nucleotide

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mutation

Question 10

When there is a change in the DNA molecules or the nucleatide - base sequence

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mutation

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RNA

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pedigree

Question 11

Composed of RNA and protein

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ribosome

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mutation

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nucleotide

Question 12

Chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual?

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sex chromosome

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pedigree

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ribosome

Question 13

Males have more sex-linked disorders because?

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males have only one x chromosomes

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males have 2 x chromosomes

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males have 2 x and 2 y chromosomes

Question 14

What chart can you use to trace a trait in your family?

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pedigree

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generation square

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selective breeding

Question 15

What is it called when cells divide in Asexual reproduction?

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mitosis

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meiosis

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homologous

Question 16

Characteristics are decided by what form of a gene?

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alleles

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genes

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phenottpes

Question 17

if there is an inherited trait , the instructions for it are called?

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genes

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alibinism

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alleles

Question 18

If a plant has two dominant OR two recessive alleles it is ?

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homozygous

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phenotypes

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cross-pollinating

Question 19

Gregor Mendel realized one thing about his experiments, what could explain his results

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each trait had two sets of instructions, one from each parent

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male traits were always dominant

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traits were appearing at radom

Question 20

DNA molecules are made up of what materials?

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sugar, phosphate, and base

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mRNA, tRna, and ribosome

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amino acid, base and protien

Question 21

Sickle cell anemia, Albinism are what?

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Mutation

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genetic eng.

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DNA fingerprint

Question 22

In the DNA sequence TAGTCA what strand is complementary to this.

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ATCAGT

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ATGAGT

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GACAGT

Question 23

DNA molecules nucleotide are made of what?

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sugar, phosphate, and base

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amino acid, base and protein

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sugar, corn, and protein

Question 24

What are nucleotides made of?

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sugar, phosphate and base

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protein, base, corn

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phosphate, base

Question 25

What are the subunits of DNA called.

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nucleotides

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traits

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protiens

Question 26

When messenger RNA goes through the ribosome , who is it matched with?

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transfer RNA

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dancing RNA

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protiens

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DNA

Question 27

If they use DNA to solve a crime, its called?

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DNA fingerprinting

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genetic engineering

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genetic disease

Question 28

What is the first step to making protein?

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RNA copying DNA

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transfering RNA

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mRNA going to the ribosome

Question 29

What are the "rungs" of the DNA ladder?

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pair of bases

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pair of sugars

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set of proteins

Question 30

What are the sides of the DNA ladder made of?

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sugar and phosphate

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quanine and thymine

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adenine and cytosine

Question 31

if a DNA molecule is to be copied, how does it split?

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down the middle

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across the top

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down the sides

Question 32

Messenger RNA goes where?

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to a ribosome

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to a chromosome

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to a genetic engineer

Question 33

What is the first step of the DNA replication?

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strand of DNA splits down the middle

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two complete, identical strands of DNA pair up.

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nucleotides attach to exposed bases

Question 34

What shape was Watson and Crick's DNA model?

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long, twisted ladder

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pyramid

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straight line

Question 35

The 4 bases are what letters?

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A,T,G,C

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A,B,C,D,

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E,Y,A,O

Question 36

The set of instructions for an inherited trait.

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gene

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heredity

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allele

Question 37

Another form of a gene that rules characteristic.

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allele

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gene

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heredity

Question 38

a possible event will occur

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probability

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gene

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heredity

Question 39

First generation trait when parents have different traits

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dominant trait

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allele

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recessive trait

Question 40

When traits are passed down.

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heredity

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gene

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dominant trait

Question 41

Organisms total makeup.

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genotype

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gene

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phenotype

Question 42

detectable characteristic of an organism appearance

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phenotype

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gen

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genotype

Question 43

if a chromosome has the same sequence of genes and the same structure.

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homologous chromosomes

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heredity

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phenotype

Question 44

When two recessive alleles are inherited ?

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recessive trait

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allele

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phenotype

Question 45

Humans relate to asexual reproduction in what way?

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many body cells reproduce this way

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parent cells do not divide

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body cells reproduce this way

Question 46

How are sex cells different from all the other cells?

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sex cells have half as many chromosomes

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sex cells have zero chromosomes

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Sex cells have more chromosomes

Question 47

phenotype

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the way an organism looks

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way an organism feels

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group of 5 alleles

Question 48

Male chromosomes are?

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xy

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xx

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ssy

Question 49

What are female chromosomes?

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xx

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zz

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yx

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