Bill Nye Genetics Learn-Along
1.
_________ contain all of your inherited traits.
2.
The way you are comes from ___________.
3.
What makes up your whole body?
4.
If we stretched out our entire DNA, or genetic material, how long would
it be?
5.
_____ is the chemical genes are made of.
6.
Long strands of DNA all coiled around each other are called
___________.
7.
To make a person or other living thing we use long strands of information
called ___________.
8.
Your genes provide the _________ to make your body parts.
9.
In your own words, explain what genes are.
10. Where are our genes stored?
11. How many pairs of chromosomes do we have?
12. What type of reproduction combines genetic material from two different
organisms to form one new organism?
13. How many chemicals make up our DNA?
14. Name 2 of these chemicals.
15. A mule is a _________, or a combination of 2 different organisms.
16. What do you call a way of looking, thinking, or being?
17. There are two kinds of genes, __________ and ____________.
18. _________ genes show up recessive genes.
19. ___________ genes show up only if you have two of them.
20. What do you call a genetic mix-up?