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What is DNA's role in our bodies?

• It helps us build emotional skills like empathy.

• It tells our cells how to grow, reproduce, and survive.

• It reminds us to exercise once or twice a day.

• It controls what we eat and what foods we like.

What effect have at-home DNA tests had on law enforcement?

• More people's DNA data is in databases, so law enforcement has more data to compare DNA samples with.

• More people know what DNA is now, so they are able to advise law enforcement on using DNA to solve crimes.

• More law enforcement officials can use DNA testing at home, which makes them better at their jobs.

• More people know where their families come from, so they can be more helpful in criminal investigations.

Read the following sentences from the text: "The information in an individual's DNA might unlock family secrets-known or unknown, for better or worse. Or a mutation in an individual's genetic makeup could indicate that he or she is vulnerable to health problems that an insurance company might not agree to cover in the future." What can you conclude about DNA testing based on this information?

• Some things that can be revealed by genetic testing may upset people or cause serious problems.

• One girl who took a DNA test found out that she was vulnerable to a terrible health problem.

• All the information that people can get from at-home DNA tests is helpful and welcome to the people it concerns.

• Some DNA tests are very inaccurate, which means that people could get false information.

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The text says that once a person takes a DNA test, their genetic information is subject to the testing company's "terms of agreement." What is one possible problem that could result from this?

• Some companies will give their customers the wrong information back on purpose.

• People who work at DNA testing companies are usually bad at keeping secrets.

• Some companies might not protect the privacy of their customers' genetic information.

• The government actually runs these testing companies and uses customers' information.

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What is the main idea of this text?

• 23andMe is an at-home DNA test, which means that people can spit into a vial, send it to a lab, and find out what area of the world their ancestors came from.

• People are worried that insurance companies could get access to the data from at-home DNA tests in the future, which could mess up some people's insurance coverage and disqualify them because of preexisting conditions.

• DNA lives in all of your cells and acts like a computer program in your body, telling all your cells how to grow and reproduce, and giving you unique traits like your eye color, hair color, and height.

• At-home DNA tests are helping people learn about their backgrounds and helping law enforcement solve old criminal cases, but they are also raising concerns about privacy for the people who take them.

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Which picture represents the word "analyze"?

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What is the meaning of the word "inherit"?

• the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge

• relating to genes or heredity

• receive (a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) genetically from one's parents or ancestors

• escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery

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Which word best suits the sentence:

Each persons cells have the same ______ information.

• evade

• genetic

• inherited

• tradeoff

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Which word means: escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery?

• inherit

• unintended

• prosecution

• evade

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Which picture best represents the word "prosecution"?

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