Genetics Family Traits

Which of the following is not a branch of science?

• oceanography

• biology

• astronomy

• micology

What is genetics?

• genetics are the type of genes you wear

• genetics is the study of genes and heredity

• genetics is short for the term general education

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Traits are observable characteristics that are passed down from (choose all that are correct)

• mother

• father

• grandmother

• uncle

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An individual can have traits they share in common with others that are not a part of their family.

• true

• false

Choose the two answers that link the correct DNA pairs.

• adenine + cytosine

• guanine + thymine

• adenine + thymine

• guanine + cytosine

Using your vocabulary terms. What is RNA (Spelling Matters)

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What does the acronym DNA stand for? (Spelling Matters)

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Mistakes or changes in DNA sequence is called,

• Normal DNA

• Mutated DNA

• Broken DNA

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Mutations can lead to cancer

• True

• False

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All mutations are harmful and can lead to differences in individuals.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

All mutations are not harmful. Many are harmless. Those that are harmless results in differences between individuals. Mutated starfish can grow 4 or 6 arms instead of 5.

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