LS3.A - Level 1 enrichment video

What is genetics?

• The study of genetic testing and manipulation

• The study of heredity and the expression of traits

• The study of plants and animals

• The study of DNA and chromosomes

Who is known as the father of genetics?

• Thomas Edison

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Louis Pasteur

What are genes?

• Factors that influence the expression of traits

• Segments of DNA that provide coding for inherited traits

• Chemical compounds composed of sugar and phosphate molecules

• Structures that carry genetic information in the form of DNA

What is DNA?

• A double helix of nucleotides

• A collection of genes that determine a person's traits

• Structures that carry genetic information in the form of chromosomes

• Chemical compounds composed of sugar and phosphate molecules

What is the Human Genome Project?

• An international effort to decode human DNA

• A project to manipulate genes for medical purposes

• An effort to unravel the DNA in human cells

• A project to identify the role of factors in gene expression