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** What is the fact and fiction of the statement "DNA is like a tightly wound rubber band **   ** doing the same job as a hard drive in your computer" **
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** 1. What is DNA and where is it found? **   ** 2. What does it look like (its structure) and what is it made from? **   ** 3. How and why does it copy itself? **   ** 4. What are genes and where are genes found? **   ** Essential Questions ** ** Compare and contrast a photocopier and a muscle cell? **   ** Compare and contrast chromosomes and playing cards? **    **1. What are the advantages + disadvantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction? **     ** 2. Name 3 organisms that reproduce sexually and 3 that reproduce asexually. **     ** 3. What is the relationship between the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis? **     ** 4. What are the cell cycle and meiosis used for? **     ** 5. What is similar about the cell cycle and meiosis? **     ** 6. What is different about cell cycle and meiosis? **  >  >