Homework
Due: Tuesday, May 20th
Bring in all materials for Science Fair Board
colored paper, glue, stickers, markers, other decorations.
Due: Tuesday, May 20th
Bring in all materials for Science Fair Board
colored paper, glue, stickers, markers, other decorations.
“Bill Nye: Genes” Video Worksheet -- ANSWERS
- Where do your genes come from? Your parents
- What is inside every cell in your body? Chromosomes
- What does DNA stand for? Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- What did Bill climb to get out of the Nye Lab? A DNA molecule
- How long is the DNA string model of science? About 20
- How many times longer is DNA than it is wide? About 200 km
- How does Bill define a Gene? A specific piece of DNA
- Why is the white blood cell dark on the computer screen? Because it has chromosomes in it.
- What does the nucleus of the cell contain? Most of the cells genetic material
- What can you do with DNA after you take it out of an organism? Cut it into smaller pieces Place into another organism
- What 2 organisms were combined to create the message to Bill in the petri dish? Sea Jelly and a bacteria
- What do genes do? They tell cells what to do
- Mom tells Richie: Genes are the set of chemical instructions that get passed down from Parent to child. In the process, of course, the genetic material is recombined in new ways, which is why some people bear resemblance to their Parents and Grandparents without looking like any one relative in particular.
- What analogy does Bill use to describe the human set of chromosomes? A set of books that have 23 pairs.
- What is each chapter analogous to? A gene
- How many genes to humans have? 80 000 genes
- What do cells in the body not need to do? Read every gene in the whole cell.
- Most species have fewer than 100 chromosomes but thousands and thousands of genes
- Bill calls the babies “bundles of Genetic Code”
- The reproductive cell that a mother donates to her child is called the Egg
- The reproductive cell that a father donates to his child is called the Sperm
- The number of cells needed to make a baby is: 50 000 000 000 000
- DNA is the Blue print for the future
- Earlobes can be Attached or Dangling
- A Gene is a piece of the DNA molecule
- The four chemicals of DNA are adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine.
- The number of chromosomes that a mule foal has is 63
- The number of chromosomes that a horse has is 64
- The number of chromosomes that a donkey has is 62
- In the demonstration, the Dominant gene for rolling your tongue is represented by the letter “R”
- In the demonstration, the Recessive gene for rolling your tongue is represented by the letter “r”
- If a person has the pattern RR, then the person can roll their tongue
- If a person has the pattern Rr, then the person can roll their tongue
- If a person has the pattern rr, then the person cannot roll their tongue
- What is special about the turtle in this movie? It has 2 heads
Bill Nye the Science Guy on CELLS
Name ________________________ Section _______ Student #____________
Review the video or look up answers in your Science Fusion or look up online.
1. All plants and animals in the world are made of _______________.
2. People have about _______________ _______________ cells.
3. Cells are like ________________, but cells are _______________.
4. Alive or not: What re 2 examples of things that are alive?
5. What are 2 parts plants and animals both have?
6. Instead of a wall, cells have a _______________ _______________ (plants) or a
_______________ _______________ (animals).
7. _______________ power the cell.
8. Different cells are like different _______________ of the house.
9. Yogurt and cheese are made of _______________ cells.
10. _______________ are like a roadmap.
11. During metamorphosis, all the cells get _______________.
12. _______________ is your body’s fastest growing organ.
13. There is no such thing as a _______________-_______________ boy.
14. _______________ tell your cells what to do.
15. Genes are made of _______________.
16. _______________ are cells you can see without a microscope.
17. _______________ are plant cells that are all dried out.
18. Not all blood cells are _______________, some are _______________.
19. Cells have different _______________.
20. We start with _______________ cell.