DNA and the Genetic Code

A person who does not express a trait, but who passes the trait on to his offspring.

• carrier

• parent

• genetic

• chromosome

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The process of DNA making an RNA

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• deamination

a very long stretch of DNA tightly wound into a condensed body, has thousands of genes

• chromosome

• nucleus

• chromatin

• genetic code

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a change in DNA

• mutation

• mutagen

• polygenic

• trait

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Which of these is true?

• RNA is a single strand, DNA is a double strand

• RNA is a double strand, DNA is a single strand

• RNA and DNA are both single strands

• RNA and DNA are both double strands

What RNA sequence would be made from this DNA sequence? CGAT

• GCUA

• CGAT

• TAGC

• GGUU

Which of these is not a type of mutation?

• elimination

• deletion

• insertion

• substitution

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If the DNA sequence was originally CCGGAATT, which of these would represent a deletion?

• CCGAATT

• GGCCTTAA

• TTAAGGCC

• GGCCUUAA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of these is not a possible effect of a mutation?

• a beneficial result

• a harmful result

• no effect

• base excision

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Why is DNA important?

• it is very small and very complicated

• it's in everything

• it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things

• because we eat it every day for energy

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