What is DNA?

What is DNA?

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Kimberly Whitehurst

FREE Resource

9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who do you inherit your traits from?

mom

dad

mom and dad

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is DNA found?

Only skin tissue

Only organs

Each cell in your entire body

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You are "one of a kind" unless you are

an only child

a twin or triplet 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Approximately how many cells do you have in your body?

10 trillion

1 trillopm

no one really know

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is DNA found?

all over the body

in the nucleus of cells

it is only in brain cells

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Chromosomes are made of DNA.  What do they do for our body?

They have the instructions to make you, which is unique to only you.

They are the same for everyone

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does DNA testing help us understand our ancestry (the family members who came before us)?

It can tell us what color eyes they had

it can help us understand where we came from in the world

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is DNA testing used in archaelogy? 

It can tell us many things about life on our planet

It can help us understand the food that other organisms ate

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does DNA do in various organisms?

it is the secret code that has all the directions for making the traits we see in organisms

it doesn't really affect organisms, it only affects humans

it only creates the color of flowers