Genes and Traits Review

Proteins determine our traits.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Two people have the SAME PROTEINS for hair color. Can their natural hair color be different? 

• Yes

• No

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Two ducks have the SAME PARENTS, but DIFFERENT PROTEINS for wing shape. What will their wings be like? 

• Their wings will be the SAME because they are related.

• Their wings will be DIFFERENT because their proteins are different.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The FUNCTION of a protein is not much affected by its STRUCTURE. 

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Two giraffes have the SAME PROTEINS for tongue shape in their cells, but they live in DIFFERENT GRASSLANDS. What is true about their tongue shape?

• Their tongues will be DIFFERENT since they live in DIFFERENT environments.

• Their TONGUES will be the SAME since their PROTEINS are the SAME.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Instructions to make a protein

• Gene

• Nucleus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Large DNA molecule with many genes

• Chromosome

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Structure in the cell that makes proteins

• Chromosome

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Two rhinos live in DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS and have DIFFERENT HORN SHAPES. How did it happen? 

• One rhino has GENES that CURVE; the other has genes that are STRAIGHT. 

• The rhinos have DIFFERENT GENE VERSIONS with instructions for DIFFERENT PROTEINS. 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Trait that can be MASKED or HIDDEN by another trait

• dominant

• recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1