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Item RH024002: Both an organism's physical characteristics and the function of the organism's cells could be affected by the information in the organism's DNA molecules (no specific organism identified).

Which of the following could be affected by the information in the DNA molecules of an organism?

  1. Both an organism's physical characteristics and the function of the organism's cells
  2. An organism's physical characteristics but not the function of the organism's cells
  3. The function of the organism's cells but not the organism's physical characteristics
  4. Neither an organism's physical characteristics nor the function of the organism's cells
Distribution of responses
Answer Choice
Overall
Grades
Gender
Primary Language
 
n = 2899
6–8
n = 1669
9–12
n = 1227
Male
n = 1407
Female
n = 1440
English
n = 2636
Other
n = 205
A. 48% 45% 52% 45% 51% 49% 41%
B. 26% 26% 26% 26% 26% 26% 24%
C. 17% 19% 15% 19% 16% 17% 21%
D. 9% 10% 8% 11% 7% 8% 13%