General Science
The basic unit of life?
What is the cell
What is it called when DNA copies itself?
What is DNA replication
What is the shape of DNA?
Double Helix
What is the full name for DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Who is the Father of Genetics?
Mendel
What is the correct pairing of nitrogen bases?
A-T
C-G
What is the word that defines "fear of water"?
hydrophobic
What chemical is used to read the DNA in the nucleus?
RNA
Plant cells have this organelle while animal cells don't.
chloroplast
Name the 3 biomolecules that are located within the cell membrane.
What is proteins, lipids, carbohydrates
Name 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide.
deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogen base
What is used in the structure in insects?
Chitin
________ on chromosomes code for specific ______ in a cell.
Genes; Protein
What is the process that plants use to synthesize food?
photosynthesis
What Biomolecules contains the code for producing the enzyme DNA Helicase?
Nucleic Acid
Amino acids are joined by this type of bond to make a polypeptide.
peptide bond
How do cells become brain cells and others become skin cells, when the DNA in ALL cells is exactly the same?
the cell has the ability to turn off most genes and only work with the genes necessary to do a job.
What elements are common to all biomolecules?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
DNA never leaves this organelle.
What is the nucleus?
There are 20 types of amino acids and each one of them is unique because of their _________
R group
What is the full name of RNA?
Ribonucleic Acid