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What is DNA?
What is DNA made of?
Using DNA
DNA in Real LIfe
Wildcard
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What is the acryonym for deoxyribonucleic acid?
DNA
100
Where is DNA located in multicellular organisms?
nucleus
100
What is one way criminals wrongfully convicted get freed?
answers vary dna....
100
What is one similarity between everyone's DNA?
chemical structure
100
When the chemical bases form pairs, which bases ALWAYS line up together?
adenine pairs with thymine, cytosine pairs with guanine
200
What is the shape of dna called?
double helix
200
What is each side of DNA made of?
a nucleotide
200
how is dna different from blood type in organisms
unlike blood type, each person/organism has their own unique DNA.
200
what is a gene?
a length of DNA that codes for specific traits
200
How is DNA like a fingerprint in identifying people?
like fingerprints each person's dna is unique
300
What are the instructions for building life in organisms called?
dna
300
What is is the backbone of DNA made of?
deoxyribose sugar and phosphate
300
Why can scientists use only parts of DNA to identify individuals?
dna patterns repeat
300
name 5 traits determined by dna
answers vary, hair color/type, eye color, left/right handedness, freckles, widows' peak, nose size, etc.
300
What does a double helix look like?
a twirling sprial
400
How is DNA passed from parents to offspring in vertebrates (organisms with a backbone)?
sexual reproduction
400
What are the four chemical bases where the information in DNA is stored?
adenine thymine cytosine guanine
400
What is a case where two people would share the same DNA?
twins must say identical
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from whom do we get our dna?
half comes from our mother, half comes from our father.
400
What is another word for sexual reproduction?
meiosis\
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What is the complete set of instructions encoded in an organisms DNA called?
genome
500
What is each nucleotide made of?
phosphate base deoxyribose sugar
500
Why do identical twins share DNA?
they are created when one fertilized egg splits into two embryos.
500
What is the difference between RNA and DNA?
RNA IS HALF (one side) of a strand of dna