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GENETICS AND HEREDITY

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"A ghost is trapped in this house, doomed to wander it until it regains all its memories. To help it find them, you must first overcome all the challenges and collect the missing objects in your inventory. Explore the house and try not to gettrapped yourself…"

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Which of these is defined at "the passing of genetic instructions from one generation to the next"?

Growth

Heredity

Development

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DNA and a protein mix together to produce purple flowers

Proteins stop the DNA from keeping the flower petals white

DNA codes for a protein that makes pigments so that the flower appears purple

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Transcription of the sequence TTAAGC produces which sequence?

AAUUCG

AATTCG

UUTTCG

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Who determines the sex of a child?

Mom

Dad

Grandma

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Which of the following aspects of DNA is responsible for determining our traits?

number of phosphates

amount of thymine

sequence of nucleotides

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An RNA sequence contains 15 bases. What is the maximum number of amino acids that could be coded for?

15

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Which of the following is an example of sex-linked inheritance?

diabetes

cystic fibrosis

hemophilia

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On which night is it said that ghosts havethe most power?

The night of San Juan

Your birthday

Halloween

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What is the complementary base to Adenine in DNA?

Cytosine

Guanine

Thymine

Uracil

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If in any organism, the amount of adenine is 15%, what is the percent guanine?

15%

35%

30%

70%

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Which of these shows the correct order for the central dogma of molecular biology?

DNA to protein to RNA

RNA to DNA to protein

DNA to RNA to protein

protein to DNA to RNA

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What biological concept was Mendel studying when he was working with his pea plants?

imbalance in ecosystems

predator-prey relationships

dominant and recessive traits

male and female genetic differences

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How are cells able to produce the proteins required by certain conditions?

by synthesizing new genes

by altering existing genes

by expressing existing genes

by mutating new genes

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There are equal amounts of adenine and thymine in DNA as well as equal amounts of guanine and cytosine.

Franklin

Chargaff

Crick

Mendel

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Some dairy farmers want their cows to produce greater amounts of milk than average. What process will the farmers use to develop this trait in cows?

Selective Breeding

Behavioral Modification

Ecological Succession

Geographical Isolation

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What is the name of the famous killer from the movie "Friday the 13th"?

Freddy Krueger

Jason Voorhees

Michael Myers

Marcos Cuba

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Use the magnifying glass to search for the code and then insert it into the typewriter

224

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autosomal dominant

autosomal recessive

sex-linked dominant

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What structure determines the traits that will be passed to offspring?

chromosome

centromere

spindle fibers

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A new disease has decreased wheat crop production on a farm. What can the farmer do to increase crop production again?

rotate different types of crops in the area of the wheat

Orderpizzas

crossbreed wheat plants that are disease resistant with wheat plants with a high yield

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Brown hair and brown eyes are dominant traits in humans. How is it possible that two brown-haired and brown-eyed parents can have a child with blond hair and blue eyes?

Both parents are homozygous for brown

The children inherited one recessive gene from each parent

Both parents are homozygous for blond

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transcription

replication

translation

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