Biology: Chromosomes DNA And Genes

Question 1

What does the nucleus contain?

Answer 1

The master set of instructions that determine how the cell will function

Question 2

What type of jobs does proteins have?

Answer 2

Some proteins help build parts of cells, others carry materials, or some send and revive messages within the body.

Question 3

Where do proteins get their orders from?

Answer 3

They get their orders from DNA

Question 4

Why do most cells in a plant or animal usually come in pairs?

Answer 4

Because one forms each parent chromosome when a sperm fertilizes an egg

Question 5

Does every living thing have chromosomes?

Answer 5

Yes every plant and animal has a special number of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell

Question 6

What are chromosomes?

Answer 6

Are thread like structures made of mostly DNA

Question 7

What does the DNA control?

Answer 7

Many features of an organism by determining which proteins to make and when

Question 8

How many genes are in a DNA?

Answer 8

Each strand of DNA contains hundreds or thousands of genes

Question 9

What do genes control?

Answer 9

The protein production in the cell

Question 10

What is the divided segments of DNA called?

Answer 10

Genes

Question 11

What is DNA?

Answer 11

Is the material found in chromosomes that contain genetic information

Question 12

How many chromosomes does a human have?

Answer 12

46

Question 13

What carried the instructions from the nucleus to the rest of the cell?

Answer 13

They are carried in chromosomes