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Basics of Genetics

Instructions: Today you will be completing a 9step lesson that reviews the basics of genetics and how to do simple Punnett Squares. You will be required to read the instructions carefully on the Versal website to complete all the interactive tasks today or you may become lost. Some of the tasks have links to click on, some of the tasks will refer you back to your lesson sheet, make sure that your Versal tab is always on your browserso that you will be guided to the next task. The headings for each task are listed to the left on the Versal website and you can click on the task you want to scroll to.

Go to the following Link and complete the steps for Day 2. Record your answers on this lesson sheet.

You may be asked to make your own account. Use your google email when creating your account.

DNA and RNA Review

Brainpop

  1. ______6. ______
  2. ______7. ______
  3. ______8. ______
  4. ______9. ______
  5. ______10. ______Score: ______or ____/10

What is DNA?

  1. Instructions providing all the information necessary for an organism to grow and live reside in the ______of every cell.
  2. The DNA molecule comes in the form of a twisted ladder that scientist call a ______.
  3. The rungs of the the ladder are formed by the DNA alphabet: ______and ______
  4. The “sentences” of DNA are called ______and these tell the cell to make other molecules called ______.

Label the following DNA strand with the labels you used in step 3 on the Versal

DNA or RNA: After you have completed the category game and have the descriptions correctly labeled as DNA, RNA, or Both. Write the descriptions in the correct column below.

DNA / RNA / BOTH

Mutations

A ______is a mutation that exchanges one base for another

______are mutations in which a section of DNA is lost, or deleted.

______are mutations in which extra base pairs are inserted into a new place in the DNA.

Since protein-coding DNA is divided into codons three bases long, insertions and deletions can alter a gene so that its message is no longer correctly parsed. These changes are called______.

Your Quizizz code today is ______: Remember that you must sign in with your full name and that you may only begin AND submit this quiz once. Logging off a quiz or starting over on a quiz will result in a zero grade. Good luck!

If there is still more time in the period and you have completed all 9 steps, Please get out an AR book and read quietly. Mr. Weese will take of this sheet at the end of the period.