Traits and Reproduction: Vocabulary

What is the definition of 'variation'?

• A difference between things that are the same kind.

• Changes in the instructions that tell a cell how to make a protein.

• The process of shuffling genes during sexual reproduction.

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Fill in the blank: Mutations are changes in the instructions that tell a cell how to make a ________.

• protein

• carbohydrate

• lipid

• nucleic acid

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What is 'recombination'?

• Having no effect, neither good nor bad.

• The process of shuffling genes during sexual reproduction.

• Poisonous or harmful.

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Fill in the blank: Neutral means having no effect, neither ______ nor bad.

• good

• harmful

• beneficial

• negative

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What does 'toxic' mean?

• Poisonous or harmful.

• A specific form of a gene.

• Having gene versions that are different.

Fill in the blank: A gene is an instruction for making a ______ molecule.

• protein

• carbohydrate

• lipid

• nucleic acid

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What does 'Heterozygous' mean?

• Having gene versions that are the same.

• Having gene versions that are different.

• A specific form of a gene.

Fill in the blank: Homozygous means having gene versions that are the ______.

• same

• different

• mixed

• varied

What are 'gene versions'?

• A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule.

• Changes in the instructions that tell a cell how to make a protein.

• The process of shuffling genes during sexual reproduction.

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