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    Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity
            DNA molecules provide the cells with instructions for assembling protein molecules from amino acids.

Item RH019002: The way DNA and proteins are related is that DNA provides information for making proteins.

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What do DNA and proteins have to do with each other?

  1. DNA is a type of protein.
  2. Proteins are a type of DNA.
  3. DNA provides information for making proteins.
  4. DNA and proteins have nothing to do with each other.
Topic
Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity
Correct Answer
C
Misconceptions
Answer Choice: A
RHM009: DNA is made of protein (Marbach-Ad, 2001).
Answer Choice: B
RHM010: Proteins are composed of DNA or genes (Marbach-Ad, 2001).
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Percent of students responding correctly
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Grades 6–8N/A
Grades 9–12N/A

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