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More Chapter 11
Potpourri
HSA Review
100
These two bases are pyrimidines because they have 2 rings in their structure
thymine, cytosine
100
This type of RNA reads the DNA
mRNA
100
When the mRNA reads the DNA, it begins reading when it hits this codon
START
100
First person to see DNA under the microscope
Rosalind Franklin
100
Nonliving component of an ecosystem
abiotic
200
These two men got credit for DNA even though they did not see it first.
watson and crick
200
This type of RNA reads the mRNA
rRNA
200
Mutation in which one letter is deleted
point
200
4 bases in RNA
C, G, A, U
200
Lowest level of the food chain/web
producer
300
The DNA in the chromosomes is copied in a process called
DNA replication
300
This type of RNA brings the appropriate amino acids to the ribosome
tRNA
300
Mutation in which one letter is deleted and the whole sequence shifts over
frameshift
300
Why are UV rays dangerous for humans?
could destroy DNA in cells and cause cancer
300
Lets things go in an out of the cell
cell membrane
400
These two bases are purines because they only have one ring in their structure
guanine and adenine
400
Three bases together that code for an amino acid
codon
400
Process of converting the information in a sequence of nitrogenous bases in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids
translation
400
Small sections of DNA on the chromosomes are called
genes
400
movement of water across the membrane
osmosis
500
What is the complementary DNA strand of the following: CTAGGAGTC
GATCCTCAG
500
Process of mRNA reading the DNA in the nucleus is known as
transcription
500
An agent that causes a change in DNA is known as a
mutagen
500
These show probabilities for various traits between parents
punnett squares
500
Movement of particles from high to low concentration
diffusion
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