DNA and the body?
What is DNA?
Words associated with DNA.
PEP Vocabulary
PEP Vocabulary
100
The 3 letters used as the acronym for Deoxyribonucleic acid.
What is DNA?
100
True or False, DNA is found in all living organisms.
What is True?
100
Surfactant
What is the liquid used to dissolve the cell membrane in DNA extraction?
100
Infintesimal
What is immeasurable, tiny, etc.
100
Colossal
What is gigantic, huge.
200
Trillions
How many cells in the human body?
200
In the article, it said that the nucleotides (bases) are attached like this toy.
What are Lego Bricks?
200
Isopropal Alcohol
What is the name of the liquid used to isolate DNA in our experiment? DNA is NOT SOLUABLE in this liquid.
200
Consensus
What is to come to a group decision?
200
Extrinsic Motivation
What is needing outside prizes and rewards to be motivated.
300
The word that fills this blank: Well the ___ in the cell and the cell in me...
What is the nucleus?
300
Sections of DNA make these - passed on by your parents and used to determine your height, hair color, etc.
What are genes?
300
According the the article, when a cell divides, the DNA molecules do this...
What is "unzip."
300
Soluable
What is can dissolve in that liquid.
300
Viscosity
What is the thickness of a liquid.
400
The word that fills this blank: Well the ___ in the nucleus and the nucleus in the cell and the cell in me...
What is a chromosome?
400
Such a witty article! On the side bar they made a joke: If identicle DNA molecules are made in the DAUGHTER cells, why don't we call the ladders this.
What are "She-Lixes?"
400
The shape of a DNA stand.
What is a double helix?
400
Nanometer
What is one billionth of a meter?
400
Emulsify
What is to mix in.
500
The 4 bases that make up all DNA. Extra points for saying the actual names.
What are ATCG: Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
500
The height of uncolied DNA in just one human cell.
What is 6 feet tall?
500
The last slide in the Barney DNA song. Must be sung.
What is: Well the double helix made of bases; and the bases in the DNA; and the DNA in the chromosomes; and the chromosomes in the nucleus; and the nucleus in the cell; and the cell in me... and the red blood swirls all around, all around and the red blood swirls all around.
500
Intrinsic Motivation
What is motivation that comes from within the student.
500
Non-Newtonian
What is a liquid that can change states as a response to pressure.
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