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Name: What is DNA Room# 1. What is DNA? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does “DNA” stand for? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the four letter DNA alphabet and what are the special rules by which the alphabet pieces bond together? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is a Gene?______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What are genes made of? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. How many genes do humans have? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. For what molecule do genes contain the instructions for building? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is a chromosome? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. How many chromosomes does a human cell hold? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. How are the human sex chromosomes labeled? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is a protein? How many different kinds of proteins does one cell contain? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ Name: What is DNA Room# 12. Why do scientists use computer programs to model protein structure and function? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 13. What provides the “blueprint” for making a protein? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. Which organelle is responsible for actually making proteins? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. What is heredity? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. Why aren’t children identical to either one of their parents? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 17. In humans, how many chromosomes does each parent pass on to their offspring? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 18. Does the second baby in the “What is Heredity?” animation inherit the exact same chromosomes as the first? Do both babies have a complete set? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 19. What is a trait? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 20. List the types of traits that exist. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 21. Give an example of how environmental factors can influence a trait. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 22. What is an allele? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ Name: What is DNA 23. What does the term homozygous mean? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 24. What does the term heterozygous mean? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 25. How are traits inherited? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ Room#