Shared Functions, Shared Genes
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11th - 12th Grade
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Sara Schechter
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By Sara Schechter
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Guiding Question: If organisms build proteins the same way, do they build the same proteins?
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On the next slide, you will watch a video clip. As you watch, consider the biochemical similarities of all living things.
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Provide an example of how diverse life forms are similar at the molecular level.
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Multiple Choice
Similarities between organisms are coded for by the same genes.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
All living things are made of the same molecules.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
The same molecules (proteins that make ATP, ATP itself, enzymes, etc) carry out the same functions for all living things.
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False
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Multiple Choice
All organisms have some genes in common.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
A core set of about 300 genes underlie the basic biochemical components and functions for all living things. We can reason that these genes were present in an ancestral life form.
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False
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One take-away from the video:
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