Genes and Chromosomes

Which sentence is FALSE?

• Chromosomes are made of genes.

• DNA is made out of 4 nucleotides: adenine, cytosine, thymine, guanine.

• All organisms have 23 pairs of DNA.

• DNA is the recipe for life.

What is the scientific way of saying "DNA makes different things."?

• DNA is in every organism.

• DNA is in our cells.

• DNA codes for specific proteins.

• DNA creates life.

The nucleotides that make up DNA (A, C, T, & G) are like...

• I

• Have

• The ingredients in a recipe.

• Head

As a silly analogy, we talked about the bun of a hot dog as the…

Now that scientists know all the letters that make up human DNA (i.e. have "mapped" the human genome), what can doctors do in the near future?

• Give us super powers.

• Oh my god, is this real? (Gnarly, everything's gnarly)

• Make candles.

• Give us a dose of medication that best fits our individual bodies.

Which is the best definition of DNA?

• Obvi, obvi, they be tryna copy

• The recipe for making an organism

• They could describe everything with one single word

• You know? Like

DNA is inside your cells. What part of the cell is the DNA inside of?

• Boba tea (Gnarly)

• Tesla (Gnarly)

• Fried chicken (Gnarly)

• Partyin' in the Hollywood Hills (Uh)

• Nucleus

Which of the following does NOT describe this picture?

• humans' 46 chromosomes

• the human genome

• humans' 23 pairs of chromosomes

What is the human genome?

• All of your DNA

• This song (Gnarly)

• Oh, we're in a session tonight, gang, gang

• Oh, we're going out tonight, gang, gang

What is a gene?

• the basic physical and functional unit of heredity, made of DNA that carries genetic instructions

• Oh my god, this song's so lit, congratulations

• Gang, gang, gang, gang, gang (Haha)

• Now you be like, "Gang"