Genes & Proteins

What is all of the genetic material in a human called?

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

• Gene

What is a small segment of DNA that codes for a specific traits called?

• Gene

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

Genes give the instructions to build..?

• Proteins

• Sugars

• DNA

• Cells

What is the correct order of genes to traits?

• Genes --> Proteins --> Traits

• Proteins --> Genes --> Traits

• Traits --> Protein --> Genes

• Genes --> Traits --> Proteins

What can you say about the tigers stripes?

• They will have the same stripe patterns since all tigers have the same stripe patterns.

• They will have the same stripe pattern since their proteins for stripe pattern are the same the proteins will connect in the same way.

• They will have different strip patterns because even with the same proteins for strip pattern the proteins can connect in different ways.

• They will have different stripe patterns since only organisms from the same parents can have the same stripe patterns.

Why do the dogs have different eye colors?

• Offspring from different parents will have different eye colors.

• They have different versions of the gene for eye color that connect together to make different eye colors.

• They have different versions of the gene for eye color which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.

• The dogs have different versions of the gene for eye color, the genes are different colors in the dogs eyes.

What can you say about the mice's whisker thickness?

• They will have the same whisker thickness since all mice have the same whisker thickness.

• They will have the same whisker thickness since their proteins are the same so they will connect in the same way.

• They will have different whisker thickness because even with the same proteins they can connect in different ways.

• They will have different whisker thicknesses since offspring from the same parents have the same whisker thicknesses.

Why do the rabbits have different ear shapes?

• The rabbits have different versions of the gene for ear shape, the genes are only standing up in the cells of 1 rabbits ears.

• The rabbits have different versions of the gene for ear shape which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways.

• Each rabbit has a different ear shape because offspring from different parents have different ear shapes.

• Each rabbit has different ear shape because the genes mutated and caused different ear shapes.

A shark pup has a pointed fin its mother also had a pointed fin. Which of these explains why the shark pup has a pointed fin?

• The shark pup inherited 1 copy for the gene for fin shape from its mother and 1 copy from its father. That gene instructs for proteins that connect in ways that make its fins pointed.

• The shark pup inherited 1 copy of the gene for fin shape from its mother and 1 copy from its father. Those genes connect in ways to make its fins pointed.

• The shark pup inherited its copies of the genes for fin shape from its mother and not from its father those genes connect together to make its fins pointed.

• The shark pup inherited its copies of the genes for fin shape from its mother and not from its father those genes instruct for proteins that connect together to make its fins pointed.

How does this affect how many proteins are in each tooth cell?

• Wolf 1 has 1 type of protein for tooth size, wolf 2 has 1.

• Wolf 1 has 1 type of protein for tooth size, wolf 2 has 2.

• Wolf 1 has 2 types of protein for tooth size, wolf 2 has 2.

• Impossible to say.