Human Body

Question 1

How many cells are there In the human body?

Answer 1

50 trillion cells

Question 2

How many different types of cells are there?

Answer 2

200.
Skin cells
Brain cells
Blood cells
Hair cells

Question 3

What are basic components of a cell?

Answer 3

Nucleus, cytoplasm,

Question 4

What is DNA and where is it?

How many genes?

Answer 4

DNA is your genetic blueprint.
A 6 foot long scroll of your entire make up.
Hair type, hair color, eye shape, eye color, leg length, nose shape.

DNA is packed in the nucleus.

20,000 genes packed in the nucleus of a cell.

Question 5

How many different types of proteins does the body make?

Answer 5

100,000

Question 6

Why do some people have curly hair and others have straight hair, blue eyes other brown?

Answer 6

You’ve inherited a gene that instructs your hair follicle cells to make a protein that curls your hair.

Question 7

What is a protein?

Answer 7

Organic molecules of 20 or more amino acids.

Question 8

What do genes do?

Answer 8

Genes instruct a cell on what proteins to produce? It tells a cell how to function and what traits to express ie. curly hair.

Question 9

Name some cells and what proteins they produce?

Answer 9

Skin cells make elastin and collagen