Genes and Proteins Study Game

Use the clues provided to fill in the blanks. Inside the nucleus of a __________ are arrangements of DNA called __________, which are the basic units of heredity.

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Use the clues provided to fill in the blanks. Found on ______________________, genes determine which __________ your cells will make.

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Use the clues provided to fill in the blanks. There are different __________________ of genes that code for all the different traits organisms can express.

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Use the clues provided to fill in the blanks. When genes have ______________, different proteins are being made that can change structure and function in beneficial, neutral, or even harmful ways.

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How do changes to genes affect the traits of an organism?

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Describe the relationship between genes, proteins, chromosomes, and cells.

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What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
• a piece of clothing
• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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Genes are the basic unit of...

• genes

• cells

• heredity

• biology

• life

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The basic unit of life

• gnes

• mutation

• cell

• chromosome

A feature of an organism

• trait

• gene

• cell

• mutation

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