DNA
What does DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
How many chromosomes do humans have?
What are 46 chromosomes?
Billy Jean is not my what?
What is my lover?
Who gives you your traits?
Who are your biological parents?
How do you spell my name?
What is R-e-e-d-e-r
What are the bulding blocks of DNA?
What are nucleotides
How many chromosomes does each parent give?
What are 23 chromosomes?
T/F: You and your blood relatives share some similar genes
What is true
What is an example of a trait
What are height, freckles, eye color, dimples, blood type, hair color, etc.
What materials do you need in my class?
What are pencil, paper, and a folder.
What are the four nucleotides?
What areadenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T)
What are chromosomes made of?
What is coiled up DNA
What is the definition of a gene?
What is a segment of DNA?
What are all living things made of?
What are cells (building blocks)
Where do bookbags go when you enter?
What does thymine bind to?
What is adenine?
Where are chromosomes found in living things?
What is in the nucleus
Are genes smaller or larger than a chromosome?
What is smaller?
T/F: The body will function properly even if the chromosomes are damaged over time
What is false
What is mitosis?
What is a type of cell division where one parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells. It is used for cell growth and repair. It is also used in asexual reproduction.
What does guanine bind with?
What is cytosine
What is an example of a chromosomal disability?
Down Syndrome, Trisomy 18, Turner Syndrome, etc.
What is the passing of genes to offspring called?
What is heredity
How similar are humans' DNA as a %?
What is roughly 99% similar
What is meiosis?
What is a specialized type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in the formation of haploid gametes (sperm and egg cells). It's crucial for sexual reproduction, ensuring offspring inherit the correct number of chromosomes when sperm and egg fuse