The Human Genome Project
Quiz by Dolly Martin
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- Q1
What is a genome?
ribonucleic acid
the set of organelles that copy DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
the name for all the DNA and genes in a cell
30s - Q2
What is the goal of the Human Genome Project?
to count the number of genes in every species
to create a new human being from DNA (a synthetic human)
to determine the order of the base pairs in the entire human genome
to put living things in genetic categories
30s - Q3
How many base-pairs (A:T, C:G) are in the human genome?
3 x10googol (3 x 10 10 ^100)
3 billion
3 million
3 trillion
30s - Q4
Small changes in the gene sequence can mean the difference between _________ and _________.
life and death
violence and nonviolence.
health and illness
personality and intelligence
30s - Q5
What percent of DNA do all humans share?
99.0%
90.0%
99.9%
80.0%
30s