DNA
This is the shape of a DNA molecule
What is a double helix?
This is the name for a subunit of a protein
What is an amino acid?
Does mitosis or meiosis produce two cells?
Mitosis
This is the name for three nucleotides that codes for one amino acid
What is a codon?
These three letters represent the four bases of DNA
What are A, C, T, & G?
What does the m in mRNA stand for?
Messenger
What is interphase?
The cell's normal growth and function
Does mitosis or meiosis produce cells with half the DNA as the parent?
Meiosis
Do haploid or diploid cells have two full sets of DNA?
Diploid
This is the name for a subunit of DNA
What is a nucleotide?
Which process produces an mRNA copy of DNA?
Transcription
What are the three parts of the cell cycle?
Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
How many rounds of cell division does meiosis have?
Two
This is the name for the process of combining a sperm cell and an egg cell
What is fertilization?
These are the three parts of a nucleotide
What are base, phosphate, and sugar?
Which process reads mRNA to make proteins?
Translation
In which phase of the cell cycle do cells spend most of their life?
Interphase
What happens in metaphase?
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
This is the name for the haploid cell produced in meiosis - can be a sperm or an egg
What is a gamete?
What is the difference between chromatin and chromatids/chromosomes?
Where do transcription and translation each take place?
Nucleus / ribosome
Why do we have to do DNA replication before cell division?
So that each cell gets 100% of DNA
Name the five phases of mitosis
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
This is the name for the diploid cell that results from combining egg and sperm