Download Science.7 Cracking the Code of Life Name Date Essential Questions

Science.7 Name ______________________________
Cracking the Code of Life
Essential Questions
1.
How are the structures in
genetics related?
Vocabulary
DNA, chromosomes, base pair,
gene, nucleus, cell, offspring,
traits
Video Questions
for chapters 1 &2
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Why is DNA important?
What does DNA look like?
Compare the number of
Chromosomes in a fruit
Fly to the number of
Chromosomes in a human.
Date _______________________________
Objectives
1. Identify the different structures that make up genetic material.
Before the Video
During/After the Video
It contains the instructions for
Creating a living thing. These
Instructions are passed from
Parent to offspring.
Double helix in molecular form, but
It looks like “threads of cotton”
Humans have twice the number of
Chromosomes as a fruit fly.
What 4 chemicals can be
the rungs of the ladder
of DNA?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytocine, Guanine
How does DNA contain
Instructions for living things?
The base pairs are found in different
orders, like a “code”.
How similar is the DNA
between any two humans?
99.9% similar
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DNA clumped (wound up
or coiled) is called a ___.
____ are the active parts
of DNA that contain
instructions for traits.
Where is DNA found in
a living thing?
10 Why is it important to
understand all the details
of genetics and DNA?
Chromosome
Genes
In the nucleus of the cell.
It helps us understand ourselves, as well as
diseases and disorders in living things.
5 Noticings and Wonderings
Directions: For the rest of the video record 10 sentences recording what you noticed or that
you are wondering from the video: