WorksheetsUnit 6 Genetics Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Holmes & Watson
Watson & Crick
Einstein
Moriarty & Crick
Which of the following is NOT part of DNA?
phosphate
sugar
ammonia
base pairs
Where is DNA found in your cells?
ribosomes
golgi bodies
cell wall
nucleus
How many total chromosomes do humans have?
5
25
46
53
How do the base pairs line up?
A-G & C-T
A-C & G-T
A-G & U-C
A-T & C-G
Which is the correct name of DNA?
Denaturedribonucleic acid
Deoxoribonuclear acid
Deoxynucleic acid
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Which of these animals have been cloned?
sheep
salamanders
cats
humans
What is the smallest piece of DNA called?
nucleotide
chromosome
recombinant DNA
adenine
How different is your DNA from a chimpanzee's?
not too different at all
0.5-1%
2-5%
5-10%
What is the shape of DNA?
twisted ladder
a chain
double helix
a comb
Which technology would be helpful in saving endangered animals like the giant panda?
DNA fingerprinting
GM Foods
cloning
gene therapy
Where can you get DNA?
blood
saliva
hair
all of the above
To clone an animal, the scientist must....
cut off part and grow it in the ground
place the DNA into an egg
pray a lot
When a genetic trait is stronger and shows up more often, it is known as....
recessive
a base pair
dominant
a codon
Alec Jefferies was the one who coined and discovered a way to identify people by their DNA. It is called...
Biotechnology
Gene Therapy
DNA fingerprinting
Cloning
A characteristic that an organism passes on to its offspring is known as.....
a trait
double helix
recessive
dominant
You get most of your genetic information from your mother. True or False?
False
True
Which of these traits cannot be controlled by your DNA?
hair color
freckles
temper
dimples
How often does cloning really work?
all the time
half the time
about 1 in 60
about 1 in 95
What was the first large animal cloned in 1997?
a dog
an elephant
a cow
a sheep
Which genetic technology would be helpful if you were paralyzed?
GM Foods
stem cells
Biotechnology
Which of the following show the complementary strand?
GGC TAC GTC
CCG ATG CAG
AAT CGA TCA
CCG TTG CAG
CCC AAA TTT
Nucleotides are made up of.....
a codon
a phosphate
a sugar
a nitrogen base
Which type of biotechnology attempts to link a suspect to a crime?
a karyotype
cloning
DNA fingerprinting
gene therapy
How different is your DNA than another person's?
13%
10%
2%
less than 1%
The passing of traits from parent to offspring is.....
genetics
heredity
recessive
dominant
When damage is done to part of the DNA, it is called ....
a mutation
a genotype
cloning
replication
A method of producing organisms with desirable traits is called...
cloning
genetic engineering
gene therapy
biotechnology
GMF, Genetically modified foods we discussed in class were...
soy
tomatoes
canola
sugar beets
What are stem cells?
a type of plant cell
super cells that can grow into any cell
brain cells
