DNA Vocabulary

What does DNA stand for?

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• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Deoxynitronucleic Acid

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Heredity means...

• Having twins

• Passing traits from offspring to parents

• Not able to pass along traits

• Passing traits from parents to offspring

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Holds DNA

• Nucleus

• Cell membrane

• Cell Wall

• Chloroplast

Answer explanation

The nucleus is the manager of the party or the brain of the cell. It controls cell functions and stores DNA inside. It breaks down during cell division allowing us to see DNA in the form of chromosomes.

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Prokaryotic cells

• Make up plants and animals

• Have a nucleus

• Do not have a nucleus

• Make up fungi

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Eukaryotic cells...

• Make up plants and animals

• Have a nucleus

• Do not have a nucleus

• Make up fungi

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Condensed (tightly packed) DNA is called

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Chromosomes

• Chromatics

Answer explanation

DNA only exists in chromosomes during cell division. It is easier to move around the DNA when it is tightly packed and not long and stringy.

What is the shape of DNA?

• Double Stranded Helix

• Rectangle

• Single stranded Helix

• Circle

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Daughter cells are identical after mitosis. What does identical mean?

• They have different DNA

• They have many changes in their DNA

• They are different

• They are the exact same

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Where are proteins made?

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

• Mitochondria

• Cell membrane

Answer explanation

Ribosomes are like the protein factory of the cell. RNA comes after copying DNA's code and creates proteins that the organism uses for thousands of different functions.

DNA has 4 of these that help to create its code.

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