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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Questions of the Week for Monday September 11


All questions worth one point.
NO copying from internet!!

1.     98% of what exactly?
2.     Who is the of the famous 19th century scientist whose Law explains why my t-shirt makes sense and what is the law called?
3.     What is the Chimpanzee Genome Project? Explain Genome.
4.     Who is Timmy the monkey and what’s he doing in India?
5.     What is the name of the famous Swedish geneticist who works at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and has worked on the Neanderthals genome? Spell his name correctly!!
Good luck!
Mr A

20 comments:

  1. 98% of human DNA is similar to chimps

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  2. Diti your answer is better for #1, but I disagree with one word.Try again.
    Felix, not enough detail for #1 but I will give you one point for #2.
    Mr A

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  3. Svante paabo is the name of the Swedish genetic

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  4. 3. The chimpanzee genome project is an attempt to find out what makes humans distinct from species such as chimpanzees and apes. Genome - Genetic information in an organ.

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  5. 5. His name is Svante Paabo.

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  6. the chimpanzee genome project is to detirmine the DNA sequence of the chimpanzee genome. genome is an organisms complete set of DNA

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  7. 1. there is 98% similarity between humans and chimps

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  8. Charles Darwin was the scientist. his law was called Darwins law of evolution. Darwins law of commen descendt is why your t-shirt makes sense. it says that we descended from chimps.

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  9. 4. Timmy the monkey was created by the company "ThinkGeek" and is their mascot. The stuffed animal tours the world, taking pictures at famous landmarks often with celebrities.

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  10. 98% human DNA is the same as chimps

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  11. 98% of human DNA is the same as chimpanzee's

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  12. Diti you got two points for #3 and #5.
    Jason and Felix too slow with #5.
    Who is adads? Not enough detail for #1.
    Still to get #1 and #4,
    Mr A

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  13. Diti your answer of Darwin was correct but late.
    #4 is correct about Timmy but why is he now in India Felix?
    Diti # 1 is now correct! 1 point.
    Please fully answer #4!!!!

    Mr A

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  14. timmy is a monkey who is made by the company thinkgreek
    noora

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  15. That's right Noora but why is Timmy here?
    Mr A

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  16. Yes I do (sort of). I'll give you that point!
    Mr A

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