C4L: Genetics and Heredity

What is a gene?

• A physical trait such as brown eyes vs blue.
• A fashionable form of legwear.
• A chunk of DNA coding used to make proteins.
• All of your chromosomes together.

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Where is DNA located?

• In the nucleus of cells.
• Only in the blood cells of an organism.
• Only in the mitochondria.
• In the pocket of your genes.

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How are DNA and chromosomes related?

• Chromosomes tightly wind up, making DNA
• DNA tightly winds up, making a chromosome
• DNA is the distant cousin to chromosome
• DNA takes apart genes to make chromosomes

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How much of your DNA contributes to being you?

• More than 10%
• Less than 10%

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What is the correct order of how your DNA determines who you are?

• Traits, Proteins, Genes
• Genes, Proteins, Traits
• Traits, Genes, Proteins
• Proteins, Traits, Genes

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Genes that mask other weaker genes and are signified by capital letters in the genotype such as TT are called

• Recessive
• Phenotype
• Big T
• Dominant

A good model to show patterns of how traits are inherited is called

• Gene tree
• Punnet square
• Prune triangle
• Dominant trait

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What is a mutation?

• If my nose breaks, I'm now mutated
• If I get a bad haircut, then I'm a mutant
• If there's a change in my DNA, it's now mutated
• If I lose or gain a lot of weight, I'm now mutated

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Does a mutation always lead to harming the organism?

• Yes
• No

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How many chromosome PAIRS do most people have?

• 72
• 48
• 46
• 23