Download Genes - Bill Nye

Genes - Bill Nye
1. You get your genes from your _____________________.
2. Your body is made of ______________.
3. DNA is shaped like a _____________________________.
4. ____________ is the chemical genes are made of.
5. _________________ of genes are joined together to make a chromosome.
6. If you uncoil chromosomes, you get long strands of ______________.
7. Genes tell your cells _____________________________.
8. Humans have ______ pairs of chromosomes.
9. Humans have about _________________ genes.
10. You got your earlobe shape from your __________________.
11. Human genes can combine in about _____________________ different
combinations
12. The four chemicals in DNA are usually written as ____, ____, ____, ____.
13. Every ___________________ thing on earth is made of DNA (short for
deoxyribonucleic acid).
14. A mule is the hybrid offspring of a female ________________ and a male
________________.
15. Capital “R” represented the __________________ gene, and lower case “r”
represented the ___________________ gene.
16. Tongue rolling is dominant, so a person with two _____________________
genes (rr) can't roll their tongue.
Draw lines to match Column 1 with Column 2:
Column 1
Column 2
Suitcase
Genes
Connected jeans
Chromosome
Individual jeans
DNA