DNA, Genes, and Traits

What is DNA?

• Donuts, Naps, and Apples

• I don't know

• Denitrogenous Acid

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Why is DNA important?

• We can eat it for energy

• It is small and complicated

• It is in everything

• It serves as a blueprint

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

We share___percent of our DNA with bananas

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Where are genes found? (2 answers)

• Thread-like structures (chromosomes)

• The back of our brain

• Cell nucleus

• The center of our brain

Genes are portions of___

True or false? We share genetic material with Chimpanzees

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

You can only get your traits from your parents

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

You___change your physical traits

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

_____inherit traits

• Insects

• Only humans

• All living things

• Only plants

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4