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Unit 6 Genetics Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered the structure of DNA?

a)

Holmes & Watson

b)

Watson & Crick

c)

Einstein

d)

Moriarty & Crick

2.

Which of the following is NOT part of DNA?

a)

phosphate

b)

sugar

c)

ammonia

d)

base pairs

3.

Where is DNA found in your cells?

a)

ribosomes

b)

golgi bodies

c)

cell wall

d)

nucleus

4.

How many total chromosomes do humans have?

a)

5

b)

25

c)

46

d)

53

5.

How do the base pairs line up?

a)

A-G & C-T

b)

A-C & G-T

c)

A-G & U-C

d)

A-T & C-G

6.

Which is the correct name of DNA?

a)

Denaturedribonucleic acid

b)

Deoxoribonuclear acid

c)

Deoxynucleic acid

d)

Deoxyribonucleic acid

7.

Which of these animals have been cloned?

a)

sheep

b)

salamanders

c)

cats

d)

humans

8.

What is the smallest piece of DNA called?

a)

nucleotide

b)

chromosome

c)

recombinant DNA

d)

adenine

9.

How different is your DNA from a chimpanzee's?

a)

not too different at all

b)

0.5-1%

c)

2-5%

d)

5-10%

10.

What is the shape of DNA?

a)

twisted ladder

b)

a chain

c)

double helix

d)

a comb

11.

Which technology would be helpful in saving endangered animals like the giant panda?

a)

DNA fingerprinting

b)

GM Foods

c)

cloning

d)

gene therapy

12.

Where can you get DNA?

a)

blood

b)

saliva

c)

hair

d)

all of the above

13.

To clone an animal, the scientist must....

a)

cut off part and grow it in the ground

b)

place the DNA into an egg

c)

pray a lot

14.

When a genetic trait is stronger and shows up more often, it is known as....

a)

recessive

b)

a base pair

c)

dominant

d)

a codon

15.

Alec Jefferies was the one who coined and discovered a way to identify people by their DNA. It is called...

a)

Biotechnology

b)

Gene Therapy

c)

DNA fingerprinting

d)

Cloning

16.

A characteristic that an organism passes on to its offspring is known as.....

a)

a trait

b)

double helix

c)

recessive

d)

dominant

17.

You get most of your genetic information from your mother. True or False?

a)

False

b)

True

18.

Which of these traits cannot be controlled by your DNA?

a)

hair color

b)

freckles

c)

temper

d)

dimples

19.

How often does cloning really work?

a)

all the time

b)

half the time

c)

about 1 in 60

d)

about 1 in 95

20.

What was the first large animal cloned in 1997?

a)

a dog

b)

an elephant

c)

a cow

d)

a sheep

21.

Which genetic technology would be helpful if you were paralyzed?

a)

GM Foods

b)

stem cells

c)

Biotechnology

22.

Which of the following show the complementary strand?

GGC TAC GTC

a)

CCG ATG CAG

b)

AAT CGA TCA

c)

CCG TTG CAG

d)

CCC AAA TTT

23.

Nucleotides are made up of.....

a)

a codon

b)

a phosphate

c)

a sugar

d)

a nitrogen base

24.

Which type of biotechnology attempts to link a suspect to a crime?

a)

a karyotype

b)

cloning

c)

DNA fingerprinting

d)

gene therapy

25.

How different is your DNA than another person's?

a)

13%

b)

10%

c)

2%

d)

less than 1%

26.

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is.....

a)

genetics

b)

heredity

c)

recessive

d)

dominant

27.

When damage is done to part of the DNA, it is called ....

a)

a mutation

b)

a genotype

c)

cloning

d)

replication

28.

A method of producing organisms with desirable traits is called...

a)

cloning

b)

genetic engineering

c)

gene therapy

d)

biotechnology

29.

GMF, Genetically modified foods we discussed in class were...

a)

soy

b)

tomatoes

c)

canola

d)

sugar beets

30.

What are stem cells?

a)

a type of plant cell

b)

super cells that can grow into any cell

c)

brain cells