Genes, proteins, DNA and Mutations

Chromosomes are found

• only in muscle cells

• in the genes of the cell

• in the nucleus of the cell

• in the proteins of the cell

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which is a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live?

• DNA
• nucleotide
• base
• mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What kind of mutations exist?

• neutral mutations

• all of these

• beneficial mutations

• harmful mutations

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What do genes do?

• Give the body chromosomes.

• Control the DNA.

• Control the production of proteins.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What do proteins do?

Choose al that apply

• Form cells

• Control cell processes

• Make DNA

• Determine traits

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Mutations are...

• Changes in the sequence of DNA

• Broken chromosomes

• Bad genes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Chromosomes are made of

• DNA

• genes

• proteins

• traits

What is a mutation?

• A temporary change in the sequence of the DNA inside a cell

• A permanent change in the sequence of the DNA inside a cell

• A virus that attacks the DNA inside a cell

• Bacteria that attack the DNA inside a cell

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What happens when the genetic code in a gene is altered?

• This situation has never occurred

• A defective protein is produced, causing a mutation.

• The genetic code is corrected by the lysosomes.

• Nothing changes; the correct proteins are still made.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Each molecule of DNA consists of smaller segments called genes.

• True
• False
• True and False
• What's a molecule?