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Extension Exercise 1 Cracking the Code

Chromosomes are made of long chains of a chemical called

.
DNA is made from four building blocks called
.
These bases have special names which are:
A C G T -

cytosine bases
thymine DNA
guanine - adenine

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Extension Exercise 2 Finding our Genes

Cut out the squares and paste them onto the following
sheet in order from largest objects to smallest objects.

A
C
A
T

T
G
T
A

Inside each cell

we have 23 pairs
of chromosomes

A chromosome
looks like this

One gene is a
combination of
chemicals called
bases

This is called a
strand of DNA
if you unravel a
chromosome it looks
like this

Every person is
made up of
millions of cells

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Chemical
combinations along
the DNA strand are
called genes

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Every person is made up of millions of cells. Inside each cell we

have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
A chromosome looks like a ball of wool. If you unravel a
chromosome you get a strand of DNA.
Genes are located along the strand. One gene is a combination of
chemicals, called bases.

largest

smallest

Amazing Fact: DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (dee-ocksierye-bow-new-clay-ick acid) and is really made up of 4 chemicals.
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