Glowing Jellies

What is the name of the protein that makes crystal jellies glow?

• Bioluminescent Enzyme

• Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

• Luminous Acid

• Jelly Glow Compound

Why do scientists believe jellies glow?

• To find food in the dark

• To communicate with other jellies

• As a defense mechanism against predators

• To attract mates

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What do genes do in an organism?

• Control how an organism moves

• Provide instructions for making proteins

• Determine how much food an organism needs

• Help jellies change color

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How do offspring inherit the ability to glow?

• By learning from their parents

• Through mutations in the water

• By receiving the GFP gene from one or both parents

• By eating glowing organisms

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What is an allele?

• A different version of a gene

• A type of chromosome

• A protein that helps organisms grow

• A glowing part of a jellyfish

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Crystal jellies can sting humans.

• True

• False

Chromosomes come in pairs, and each pair contains copies of genes.

• True

• False

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All jellies have the GFP gene, so they all glow.

• True

• False

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Scientists discovered GFP in 1992.

• True

• False

The GFP gene directly causes the jelly to glow.

• True

• False

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