DNA Quiz

Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria

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The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

• Generation
• Heredity
• Inheritance
• Traits

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What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
• a piece of clothing
• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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Which organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• nucleus

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Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated
• it's in everything
• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
• because we eat it every day for energy

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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A single piece of coiled DNA found in the cells; contains genes that encode traits.

• gene
• chromosome
• trait
• DNA

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the base that pairs with Thymine in DNA

• adenine
• guanine
• helicase
• nucleotide

nitrogen base that pairs with guanine

• adenine
• cytosine
• nucloetide
• deoxyribose

The shape of DNA.

• double helix
• nucleotide
• DNA polymerase
• single stranded

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A nitrogen base that bonds with cytosine; a purine

• thymine
• guanine
• helicase
• double helix