Genetics vocab & DNA Review

A difference among the individuals of the same species

• variation

• characteristic

• traits

• inherited

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What organelle is DNA usually found in?

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• nucleus

• ribosome

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What nitrogenous base does adenine (A) pair with?

• Guanine

• Thymine

• Cytosine

• Ribose

How many chromosomes do humans have?

• 23

• 45

• 21

• 46

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The scientific study of heredity is called

• Genetics

• Heredity

• DNA

• Inherited

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A characteristic or trait that is passed down from an organisms biological parents

• variation

• characteristics

• inherited

• genetics

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The traits that overshadows and is expressed

• dominant

• recessive

• characteristics

• traits

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Contains your genes and is found in the nucleus of the cell

• phosphate

• proteins

• junk

• DNA

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A feature or quality belonging to an organism

• characteristics

• trait

• genetics

• DNA

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The different forms of a characteristic (ie: hair color, eye color, height, etc)

• trait

• characteristic

• heredity

• genes

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