WorksheetsGenes: All in the Family
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these do you usually find in a science article?
a)
stories
b)
opinions
c)
facts
d)
problems
2.
What are key terms?
a)
facts that can be proved
b)
titles that explain diagrams
c)
answers to important questions
d)
words you need to know about a topic
3.
Which of these helps organize a science article?
a)
facts
b)
heads
c)
key terms
d)
coded information
4.
If a section has a head that is a question, that means
a)
the section explains the answer to the question.
b)
the author does not know the answer to the question.
c)
you have to look at a diagram to answer the question.
d)
the section is more important than others without a question in the head.
5.
According to the article, genes do not determine your
a)
height.
b)
eye color.
c)
hair color.
d)
personality.
6.
Which is the biggest?
a)
cell
b)
gene
c)
chromosome
d)
DNA molecule
7.
What is probably true about a boy with blue eyes and red hair?
a)
He received dominant genes from his father.
b)
He received recessive genes from his mother.
c)
He received two sets of dominant genes from his parents.
d)
He received two sets of recessive genes from his parents.
8.
What type of text is this?
a)
narrative
b)
expository
c)
persuasive
9.
A gene is
a)
an instruction that tells your body how to work.
b)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
c)
a chunky, X-shaped structure of coiled DNA
d)
the basic structure of all life
10.
DNA is
a)
an instruction that tells your body how to work.
b)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
c)
a chunky, X-shaped structure of coiled DNA
d)
the basic structure of all life
11.
A chromosome is
a)
an instruction that tells your body how to work.
b)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
c)
a chunky, X-shaped structure of coiled DNA
d)
the basic structure of all life
12.
A cell is
a)
an instruction that tells your body how to work.
b)
Deoxyribonucleic acid
c)
a chunky, X-shaped structure of coiled DNA
d)
the basic structure of all life
13.
A dominant gene is
a)
when one gene option takes priority over the other
b)
genes that are overpowered by other genes
14.
Inherit means
a)
passed down
b)
changed
c)
created
d)
coiled
15.
How is DNA like a ladder?
a)
A ladder is for climbing and DNA helps a person climb.
b)
A ladder has connections between 2 sides called rungs and DNA is connected like rungs.
c)
A ladder uses letters like DNA to organize its parts.
d)
A ladder is long like DNA
16.
"Each molecule of DNA is coiled to make a thread,..." Which word from the quote means twisted?
a)
coiled
b)
molecule
c)
thread
d)
DNA
17.
What 2 words does the word genome come from?
a)
mom & dad
b)
gene & cell
c)
DNA & chromosome
d)
gene & chromosome
18.
What does genome mean?
a)
sets of dominant genes
b)
sets of cells
c)
sets of genes
d)
sets of DNA
19.
What is the author's purpose in writing this science article?
a)
Winston's purpose is to tell a story about how DNA forms.
b)
Winston's purpose is to explain where each person's characterics come from.
c)
Winston's purpose is to explain wher each person's personality comes from.
d)
Winston's purpose is to convince the readers to research their own DNA.
20.
How do features like the heads and the diagrams help the author achieve this purpose?
a)
Each head gives a definition, and the section text then explains.
b)
Each head gives a term and the section text then gives the definition.
c)
Each head gives the main idea and the section text then analyzes it.
d)
Each head asks a question, and the section text then gives the answer.
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