Vocab
This molecule is called the blueprints of life as it contains the instructions for making an organism.
DNA
The structure of DNA
Double Helix
Provide the missing information
DNA: TAC GCA
mRNA:
mRNA: AUG CGU
Provide the missing information
DNA: ATC GAT
DNA:
DNA: TAG CTA
Show an example of a substitution mutation on the following DNA sequence.
ATC GAT CGA
Any answer where one base was changed
A segment of DNA that contains the genetic information to make a protein.
Gene
These 4 nitrogen bases make up DNA.
Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C) and Guanine (G)
Provide the missing information
DNA: TTC GGA
DNA:
DNA: AAG CCT
Provide the missing information.
mRNA: GAA AAU
Amino Acids:
Glutamic Acid, Asparagine
This Disney movie won an Oscar for the best animated feature film in 2022.
Encanto
A change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA
Mutation
These 4 Nitrogen bases make up mRNA
Adenine (A), Uracil (U), Cytosine (C) and Guanine (G)
The site where mRNA is created from the DNA sequence
Nucleus
The site where translation takes place and the protein is made.
How many genes are in the human body?
(if nobody gets correct, closes answer wins)
20,000
A group of 3 Nitrogen bases on mRNA that determines a specific amino acid.
Codon
What is the 2nd step of Protein synthesis.
Translation
Provide the missing information
tRNA: UAC GCG
Amino Acid:
Methionine, Arginine
Provide the missing information
DNA: TAC AAT
Amino Acid:
Methionine, Leucine
Some plants are carnivorous. Want nutrients (element) are they mainly trying to get from insects that they cannot get from the soil they grow in.
Nitrogen (N)
200 bonus. What macromolecule is Nitrogen needed to make?
This strand is created from the DNA template during protein synthesis.
mRNA
The process by which DNA makes a copy of itself
DNA replication
All living things have the same structure of DNA. One organism's DNA will lead to a fruit fly while another organism's DNA will create a blue whale. How is this possible?
Different order of nitrogen bases (letters)
A ribosome will continue to create a protein unit it encounters a.....
Stop codon
The Human Genome Project was one of the worlds largest collaborative biological projects where they wanted to sequence the entire DNA sequence of humans. What year was this project completed?
2003
These types of mutations are called frameshift mutations and have the largest impact on the resulting protein.
Insertion and Deletion
List 3 differences between DNA and mRNA on your board.
Call me over when done.
DNA is double stranded; RNA is single
N. Bases for DNA: A, C, G, T; RNA: A, U, C, G
DNA has a deoxyribose sugar; RNA: ribose sugar
DNA has the genetic code; RNA uses DNA to carry the message.
DNA can't leave the nucleus; RNA has to leave the nucleus
Demonstrate an example of a mutation that would have no impact on the resulting protein.
Call me over when done.
(Student has shown a mutation that codes for the same amino acid)