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Q. Which sentence is TRUE?
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Acquired traits are passed from parents to offspring
Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring
Behaviors are never inherited
Behaviors are always inherited
Q. What are the nucleotides made of?
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Sugar, Phosphate, nitrogen base
Phosphate, Adenine, nitrogen base
Thymine, Adenine, Cytomine
Phosphate, Nitrogen, Adenine
Q. Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
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double helix
contains ribose
made of amino acids
contains Uracil
Q. Adenine bonds with ______________.
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Guanine
Thymine
Cytosine
Adenine
Q. Guanine bonds with ______________.
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Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Q. Why is DNA important?
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it is very small and very complicated
it's in everything
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
because we eat it every day for energy
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What are the 4 nitrogen bases for DNA?
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adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
Q. Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
ATG TGA CAG
ATG TGA CAG
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ATG TGA CAG
TAC ACT GTC
GTA AGT GAC
CAT TCA CTG
Q. Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
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cell membrane
vacuole
chloroplast
nucleus
Q. Replicate the following strand of DNA:
AATCATGGA
AATCATGGA
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AATCATGGA
TTAGTACCT
UUAGUACCU
GGATAUCUA
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How many chromosomes do human cells have?
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46
23
2
44
Q. What is a gene?
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A bundle (like a hot dog bun) that the DNA is packed into
something inside the nucleus
a piece of DNA
all of your DNA
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Bundled up, organized DNA is called a
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gene
trait
chromosome
nucleotide
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A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.
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Replication
Translation
Transcription
Protein Synthesis
Q. The process of going from DNA to mRNA is called
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Transcription
Translation
Transportation
Transient
Q. The process where DNA is transcribed to mRNA happens in what part of the cell?
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Nucleus
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Q. The process where mRNA is read and made into an amino acid chain.
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Transcription
Translation
Transportation
Transient
Q. How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence of nucleotides:
ATG GGA ACT CCA
ATG GGA ACT CCA
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4
2
6
12
Q. What is the three base sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid?
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Anticodon
Codon
Protein
Q. What is the mRNA strand that would result from the DNA template strand CCTA?
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GGAT
CCAT
GGAU
CCAU
Q. Which of these nitrogenous bases is NOT in RNA?
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Uracil
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
Q. Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell
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Chloroplast
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Q. ___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.
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dominant traits
ratio
phenotype
genetics
Q. What does DNA stand for?
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
Denitrogenous acid
Deribonucleic acid
Diribonucleic acid
Q. The building block of nucleic acids are nucleotides. Nucleotides are composed of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a _________________ base.
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oxygen
hydrogen
nitrogen
carbon
Q. The drawing shows the structure of what molecule?
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A DNA molecule
A lipid molecule
A carbohydrate molecule
A protein molecule
Q. Identify #2.
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nitrogen base
phosphate group
deoxyribose sugar
nucleotide
Q. A long chain of amino acids is a/an
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protein
nucleic acid
tRNA
mRNA
Q. If a DNA molecule consists of 29% Guanine, how much cytosine will it contain?
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29%
58%
21%
I have no idea.
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