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3C - development of organisms

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This rabbit has black fur patches because

a)

when cold the enzyme tyrosinase becomes inactive and produces melanin

b)

when cold the enzyme tyrosinase becomes active and produces melanin

c)

its born this way

d)

when hot the enzyme tyrosinase becomes inactive and allows the production of melanin

2.
Which is INCORRECT regarding epigenetics?
a)
Methylation patterns are not passed on from cell to cell, but acetylation patterns are heritable epigenetic marks.
b)
Epigenetics is concerned with changes in phenotype that are not due to changes in the DNA sequence.
c)
By analyzing epigenetic mechanisms, heritable modified gene expression patterns resulting from different environmental factors can be studied.
d)
The field of epigenetics explores causal interactions between genes and their products.
3.

How is trauma suggested to be passed down through generations?

a)

Through direct changes to the DNA sequence

b)

By altering how DNA is read and expressed

c)

Through the inheritance of physical traits

d)

By changing the genetic code

4.

What does epigenetics study?

a)

The process of DNA replication

b)

The study of genetic mutations

c)

The inheritance of physical traits from our parents

d)

How our environment influences our genes without altering the DNA sequence

5.

Protein molecules around which DNA is tightly coiled in chromatin

a)

histones

b)

casein

c)

nucleosome

d)

chromosome

6.

Increases gene transcription

a)

methylation

b)

DNA acetylation

c)

repressors

d)

helicase

7.

What does polygenic inheritance mean? explain on example of height.

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8.
Activation or deactivation of genes by environmental experiences throughout development
a)
turn on genes
b)
gene expression
c)
environmental factors
d)
gene markers
9.
The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function.
a)
cell multiplication
b)
cell division
c)
mitosis
d)
cell differentiation
10.
What is a Gene?
a)
A segment of RNA that encodes for a protein
b)
A chromosome
c)
A segment of DNA that encodes for a protein
d)
Your genome
11.

How can a person's muscle cells have the same exact DNA sequences as their nerve cells even though the look and perform completely different?

a)

The two different cells become mutated

b)

The proteins expressed in each cell are different

c)

They actually have different DNA in the two types of cells.

d)

The genome of the different cells changes