GG: Genes & Mutations Vocabulary

GG: Genes & Mutations Vocabulary

6th - 8th Grade

13 Qs

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GG: Genes & Mutations Vocabulary

GG: Genes & Mutations Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-2, HS-LS1-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Evelyn Engh

Used 4+ times

FREE Resource

13 questions

Show all answers

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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