DNA, MUTATIONS, NATURAL SELECTION Vocabulary Quiz

What is DNA?

• A type of protein that codes for genes

• A type of cell that has a nucleus

• The genetic material of an organism that contains the code to make proteins

• A unit of heredity that codes for chromosomes

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What is a mutation?

• A change in the DNA sequence

• The process of protein synthesis

• A segment of DNA that codes for a protein

• A good trait that helps an organism survive

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What is a gene?

• A type of lipid that is made of amino acids

• A trait that codes for an adaptation

• A unit of DNA that contains many chromosomes

• A segment of DNA that codes for a protein

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What is a protein?

• A type of adaptation that helps with survival

• The material that gives us our traits

• The material that contains the code that controls everything about us

• A mutation in the DNA

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What is an adaptation?

• A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• A type of mutation

• A change in the environment or a variation

• A unit of heredity

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What is a chromosome?

• Made of DNA and is bigger than a gene

• Made of DNA and is smaller than a gene

• The messenger that carries the code to the ribosome

• A protein that has a mutation in it

What is Adenine?

• Bonds with Guanine

• Bonds with Thymine

• Bonds with Uracil

• Bonds with Cytosine

What is Cytosine?

• A type of sugar that is made from a specific code in DNA

• An adaptation that allows mammals to process sugar more efficiently

• Part of the DNA that helps make up the code

• Part of a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

Which best describes natural selection?

• Organisms better adapted to the environment survive & reproduce

• DNA contains the code to make proteins which give us our traits

• Is part of the protein that is found in blue eyes because blue eyes are an adaptation

• It is selection that happens when humans naturally choose mutations

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What is a variation?

• Differences in traits among individuals

• A nitrogenous base found in DNA

• A change in the DNA

• A type of protein that gives all organisms various mutations

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