Genetics: DNA

The passing down of physical characteristics or traits from parents to offspring through sexual reproduction.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The genetic information, found in the nucleus of a cell, that serves as the blue prints for everything a cell is and does.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Sections of DNA that serve as the recipe for a specific trait. Usually represented as stripes or bands on chromosomes.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The blocks that make up DNA. Each block is made up of a sugar, a phospate, and one of four nitrogen bases.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• DNA

• Genes

• Nucleotides

The shape of DNA is known as a

• double helix

• triple base

• twisted ladder

• double pyramid

• single strand

Thymine, Adenine, Cytosine, and Guanine are examples of

• Bases

• Proteins

• Nucleotides

• Sugars

Adenine will only bond with

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

Thymine will only bond with

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

Guanine will only bond with

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

Cytosine will only bond with

• Adenine

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Cytosine