GG: Genes & Mutations Vocabulary

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6th - 8th Grade
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Evelyn Engh
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Made from nucleic acid and holds the code that makes up living things.
DNA
Chromosome
E. Coli
Gene
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tightly coiled strands of DNA found in the cells. All living things have a specific number of chromosomes; humans have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), and get half from mom and the other half from dad.
Trait
Gene
Chromosome
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many chromosomes do humans have?
23
10
21
46
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
hair color, eye color, height are all examples of what?
gene
trait
protein
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A characteristic belonging to a population or organism.
trait
mutation
DNA
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s) and determines some of an organism’s characteristics.
protein
chromosome
Gene
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Made from a chain of amino acids and sometimes referred to as the building blocks of life. Proteins have specific shapes (structure) and perform different tasks (functions) in the body.
Gene
Protein
Variation of Traits
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-1
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