Chromosomes, Genes, Traits

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Chromosomes, Genes, Traits

By B Diaz

Multiple Choice

Where is a DNA located?

In the bones

In the cystoplasm

In the nucleus of a cell

All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is DNA?

A list of directions on how to build a living thing

A delicious type of drink

How you look

DNA is in every cell. It contains directions on how to build a living thing.

DNA

A gene is a piece or pieces of DNA that decides a trait.

Gene

The physical appearance - things we can see about others

Traits

Multiple Choice

What is a gene?

A pair of pants

A part of DNA that determines how you look

How you look

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order from SMALLEST to LARGEST?

gene, DNA, chromosome, nucleus, cell

cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA, gene

gene, chromosome, DNA, nucleus, cell

gene, DNA, nucleus, chromosome, cell

The appearance a living thing is born with or grows up with

Inherited Traits

How you choose to change your appearance

Acquired Traits

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between an inherited trait and an acquired trait?

Inherited traits you get from your parents and an acquired trait you learn

Inherited traits you learn and an acquired trait you get from your parent

There is no difference

Acquired traits and inherited traits are a product of your environmet

Something a living thing had to be taught

Learned Behavior

No one taught the living thing to do it.

Instinct

Multiple Choice

A dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...

learned behavior

inherited behavior

physical trait

instinct

Multiple Choice

Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand of a beach. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...

inherited behavior

camouflage

hibernation

learned behavior

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about genetic information?

A DNA molecule is a section of a gene found on the nucleus of chromosome.

The nucleus of a cell contains genes that are made up of chromosomes composed of DNA.

A gene is a section of DNA and is found on a chromosome in the cell's nucleus.

A chromosome is a section of a gene found in the nucleus of a DNA molecule.

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By B Diaz

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