DNA

Question 1

What are chromosomes?

Answer 1

Long molecules of DNA

Question 2

In humans, how many pairs of chromosomes does each cell have?

Answer 2

23 pairs

Question 3

What is a gene?

Answer 3

A section of DNA

Question 4

How do cells make proteins?

Answer 4

By stringing amino acids together in a particular order

Question 5

DNA determines what _______ the cell produces which in turn determines what ____ __ ____ it is

Answer 5

PROTEIN and TYPE OF CELL

Question 6

Everyone’s DNA is…

Answer 6

Unique

Question 7

What is DNA fingerprinting?

Answer 7

A way of cutting up a person’s DNA and separating them.

Question 8

How is DNA fingerprinting useful?

Answer 8

You can use it to tell people apart by comparing samples of their DNA

Question 9

What is DNA printing used for?

Answer 9

Forensic science and paternity testing

Question 10

Why are some people opposed to a national genetic database?

Answer 10

They believe that it is an invasion of privacy and worry about how safe the data will be and what else it might be used for.