DNA Time Machine by Donna Howell

DNA TIME

MACHINE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Welcome to the dna time machine!

Your journey will take you through different time periods in the history of DNA. Use whatever source you want to correctly answer the questions. May the best scientist win! WRITE DOWN THE NUMBERS AT THE END OF EACH LEVEL - YOU WILL NEED THEM AT THE END!

MISSIONS

INTRODUCTION

Begin at earliest time and work toward present!

PREHISTORY

Ancient History

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGES

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and save the world. Good luck!

FUTURE*

CONTEMPORARY AGE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Begin at earliest time and work toward present!

PREHISTORY

Ancient History

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGES

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and save the world. Good luck!

FUTURE*

CONTEMPORARY AGE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Begin at earliest time and work toward present!

PREHISTORY

Ancient History

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGES

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and save the world. Good luck!

FUTURE*

CONTEMPORARY AGE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Begin at earliest time and work toward present!

PREHISTORY

Ancient History

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGES

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and save the world. Good luck!

FUTURE*

CONTEMPORARY AGE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Begin at earliest time and work toward present!

PREHISTORY

Ancient History

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGES

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and save the world. Good luck!

FUTURE*

CONTEMPORARY AGE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Begin at earliest time and work toward present!

PREHISTORY

Ancient History

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGES

*Get the code by completing all the tests about the historical ages before travelling to the future and save the world. Good luck!

FUTURE*

CONTEMPORARY AGE

INTRODUCTION

MISSIONS

Answer questions correctly to escape from T. rex.

TRAVELLING TO

PREHISTORY

START

QUESTION 01 of 05

In 2012, scientists came up with the half-life of DNA. What is it?

70 years

521 years

1021 years

QUESTION 02 of 05

In the movie "Jurassic Park," DNA was taken from what to recreate a dinosaur?

fly

dino teeth

mosquito

QUESTION 03 of 05

Ancient DNA was best preserved when the weather was like what?

dry and cold

warm and moist

cold and moist

QUESTION 04 of 05

To extract ancient DNA, the BEST body part to get it from is what?

teeth

petrous bone

scales on skin

QUESTION 05 of 05

The oldest human DNA ever found was found in what country?

Spain

Iceland

Africa

Back to the timeline

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 7

Answer the questions to escape this level.

TRAVELLING TO

Ancient History

START

QUESTION 01 of 05

Studies of king tut's dna revealed he had what infectious disease?

syphilis

Malaria

polio

QUESTION 02 of 05

DNA was used to study the higgs bison from ancient cave paintings. What did this dna reveal about the bison?

it was much larger than modern bison

it was cross-bred

it had a infectious disease

QUESTION 03 of 05

In the 1800's, dr. granville found a mummy. It was determined through dna analysis that this mummy died from what disease?

heart disease

leprosy

tuberculosis (TB)

QUESTION 04 of 05

aDNA has been found to be a rich source of ancient dna to use for studies. What is Adna?

dna extracted from bone marrow

ancient dna

a type of single-stranded dna

QUESTION 05 of 05

DNA analysis has helped scientists trace the domestication of animals. Which animal below was the first to be domesticated?

goat

dog

cat

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 3

Escape the dungeon discovering its secrets

TRAVELLING TO

MIDDLE AGES

START

QUESTION 1 OF 5

Mitochondrial dna does not change much from generation to generation. Why is this?

Passed from mother

Passed from father

More stable

QUESTION 2 OF 5

Scientists recreated the code of the Justinian Plague bacterium using dna extracted from what?

Old teeth

Old bones

Old hair

QUESTION 3 OF 5

Many medieval manuscripts were written on this, which is providing scientists a wealth of dna data.

Animal Skins

Parchment Paper

Tree Bark

QUESTION 4 OF 5

Using dna analysis, scientists have proven that this 1495 disease was not caused by columbus, as previously thought.

Cholera

Syphilis

Leprosy

QUESTION 5 OF 5

DNA analysis proved that this disease that was spread during the crusades has the same genetic makeup as today's version of the disease.

Leprosy

Influenza

Tuberculosis

Back to the present

Congratulations! The number of this time is: 9

Answer correctly and finish the journey

TRAVELLING TO

MODERN AGE

START

QUESTION 01 of 05

In 1889, Hugo de vries said that inheritance of traits comes in "particles." What did he name these particles?

Pangenes

chromosomes

Nuclein

QUESTION 02 of 05

In 1933 Jean brachet discovered that dna was found in the nucleus of a cell. What type of cells did he study?

fruit flies

sea urchin eggs

chicken eggs

QUESTION 03 of 05

in 1948, barbara mcclintock discovered transposons, or jumping genes. What organism did she discover this in?

peas

Maize

soybeans

QUESTION 04 of 05

approximately what percent of your dna differs from other people's?

0.1%

1%

0.01%

QUESTION 05 of 05

almost every living cell in the human body contains dna. What is the one exception?

bone marrow cell

glial cells

red blood cell

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 1

TRAVELLING TO

CONTEMPORARY AGE

START

QUESTION 01 of 05

What does methylation do to Dna?

causes transcription to begin

renders it inactive

repairs mutations

QUESTION 02 of 05

all of the following are types of dna except:

r-dna

b-dna

z-dna

QUESTION 03 of 05

a scientist organization transcribed the lyrics of what song into bacterial dna?

dehumanized

cygnus x-1

It's a small world after all

QUESTION 04 of 05

what percent of human dna is shared by chimpanzees?

95%

98%

90%

QUESTION 05 of 05

about 5-8% of human dna is not even human. what other organism is it?

bacterial

viral

prion

Back to the present

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE NUMBER OF THIS TIME IS 0

+ info

TRAVELLING TO

FUTURE

Enter the correct password!

SAVE THE FUTURE

Enter the correct key to save the future 🚀

Password?