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DNA

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Total cards: 12•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Acronym DNA

Back (Answer)

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

#2
Front (Question)

DNA key statements (4)

Back (Answer)

❖ carries the body’s genetic info ❖ is different for every person ❖ determines your characteristics ❖ is made up of chemical building blocks called nucleotides.

#3
Front (Question)

Nucleotides how do they attach (chemical bonds)

Back (Answer)

The nucleotide attach to each other (A with T, and G with C) forming chemical bonds.

#4
Front (Question)

What are the four bases

Back (Answer)

adenine (A) guanine (G) thymine (T) cytosine (C)

#5
Front (Question)

What are genes

Back (Answer)

A gene is a cell’s DNA. Genes possess coded instructions for making everything the body needs, especially proteins.

#6
Front (Question)

humans have

Back (Answer)

~25,000 genes.

#7
Front (Question)

Chromosomes from each sex cell

Back (Answer)

Humans have 46. 23 from sperm cell and 23 from the egg.

#8
Front (Question)

SEX CHROMOSOMES (male)

Back (Answer)

Sperm cells contain either an X or a Y chromosome.

#9
Front (Question)

male chromosome gender

Back (Answer)

Boys: Receive a Y chromosome from their father and an X mother.

#10
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Female chromosome (gender)

Back (Answer)

Girls: Receive an X chromosome from each of their parents.

#11
Front (Question)

Mother and Father chromosomes

Back (Answer)

Mother always gives X thus Father determines x or y

#12
Front (Question)

Nucleotide bases what they do. (base pairs)

Back (Answer)

there base pairs, which connect the two DNA strands.