LS.10a,c

​ (a)   are a section of DNA with information that codes for a trait by making a protein.
Different versions of that gene are called​ (b)   .

• Genes
• Alleles
• Chromosomes
• DNA

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LS.10.a

A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA that carries the genetic code in the form of genes.

• cell

• nucleus

• chromosome

• DNA

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LS.10.a

Label the red circles on the DNA model we made in class. Remember that each shape can only represent one nitrogen base throughout the model.

c

d

b

a

Phosphate

T (Thymine)

cytosine

Sugar

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LS.10.a

What would we need to do to complete making this model of DNA?

• Write in the bases (A,T,C,G).

• Twist it into a double helix.

• Label the sugar and phosphate.

• Label the reactions.

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LS.10.a

_________transfers genetic traits from parents to offspring.

• Mendel

• Punnett Squares

• A somatic cell

• DNA

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LS.10.a

All of the genetic information for this beautiful puppy is coded for in it's _______.

• DNA
• Eyes

• Brain

• trait.

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LS.10.a

Remember the worksheet on the Nature of Science that we completed while watching the videos of scientists who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA. We learned about many scientists in those videos. Which aspect of the Nature of Science does this best demonstrate?

• Science is a social endeavor.

• The natural world is understandable.

• Science is both logic and innovation.

• Scientific ideas are durable but subject to change.

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LS.10.a

How did Rosalind take pictures of the shape of DNA

• Light Microscope

• X-Ray crystalography

• Scanning Electron Microscope
• Radioation diffraction

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LS.10.a

Watson and Crick would go on to get the Nobel Prize, thanks in part to...

• their work in World War Two.

• Rosalind Franklin recommending them.

• using Rosalind Franklin's work without giving her credit.

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LS.10.a

The code produced by the order of A, T, C, and G bases is used to produce

• Nuclei

• Proteins

• x-rays

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LS.10.a