__________________ is awesome!
Today’s Date: ____________
(your name)
Magic School Bus Rides Again
Janet’s Mystery Gene (Season 2, Episode 12; Netflix)
1. About how many cells are in the human body? __________________
2. Those weren’t worms in Janet’s cells, what were they?
____________________________________________________________
3. DNA is wrapped around proteins called _______________________
4. The “twisted ladders” are molecules of deoxy__________nucleic acid
5. The spiral shapes of DNA is called a ________________ helix.
6. In DNA, A (adenine) always pairs with _____.
with _____
C (cytosine) pairs
7. What happened to Janet when her DNA was split up and then
recombined:
a. she stopped talking
b. she turned into a penguin
8. Freckles are: a. dominant
c. she grew up
b. recessive
9. What was wrong with Janet when she was about to enter the kindergarten
room?
10. Genes are only part of the story. What actually caused Janet’s
nervousness?