Genes and Variations

___________ is the genetic material found in cells that contain the code of life, usually called DNA.

• trait

• mutation

• chromosome

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

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Differences in traits are called _________ and explain why siblings don't look exactly alike.

• mutations

• variations

• traits

• evolution

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_________ are strands of DNA that have been tightly coiled. 

• Genes

• Traits

• Chromosomes

• DNA

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Genetic traits are passed from ________ to ________.

• parent; offspring

• chromosomes; traits

• DNA; genes

• offspring; parents

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This means Different Gene

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

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The genetic difference between individuals in the same species is

• Interesting

• Harmful

• Variation

• Genetics

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Humans have ____ chromosomes.

• 57

• 22

• 46

• 100

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Forensic scientists study ______ to help figure out crimes.

• DNA

• plants

• cells

• fossils

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Where are genes found?

• In the mitochondria

• In our bone marrow

• Chromosomes, in the nucleus of a cell

• In our brains

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Where do offspring get their genes?

• Half from their mom, half from their dad

• From their mom

• From their dad

• From their brains

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