Vocab 1
messenger RNA
What is mRNA?
Many amino acids joined together with peptide bonds.
What is polypeptide?
protein in red blood cells that joins with oxygen and gives the red cells their color.
What is hemoglobin?
Tizerae's favorite sport
What is volleyball?
transfer RNA
What is tRNA?
The monomer of nucleic acids.
What is nucleotide?
Type of cell that destroy harmful microbes
What is white blood cells?
Tizerae's favorite activity
What is staying home?
The process by which DNA is copied into mRNA
What is transcription?
The process by which genes (DNA) are copied into RNA and then translated into a protein
What is gene expression?
What are A, B, AB, and O?
Tizerae's favorite relative
Who is her sister?
The process by which ribosomes read the mRNA template
What is translation?
The “sides” of the DNA helix which are composed of alternating deoxyribose and phosphate groups.
What is the sugar-phosphate backbone?
Genes passed on to all of their offspring?
What is inheritance? What is inherited?
Tizerae's favorite singer/band?
Who is Party next door?
The process by which DNA is copied in the nucleus.
What is replication?
A weak chemical bond between hydrogen atoms
What is a hydrogen bond?
Class given by Snyder, James, Clark?
What is biology? What is bio? What is baby bio?
Tizerae's birthday month
What is March?