Bio Rocks!
This molecule stores the genetic instructions for making proteins.
What is DNA
This term describes the twisted ladder shape of DNA.
What is a double helix?
This base always pairs with adenine in DNA.
What is thymine?
This rule states that the amount of adenine in DNA equals the amount of thymine, and cytosine equals guanine.
What is Chargaff's Rule?
This sugar is found in the backbone of a DNA molecule.
What is deoxyribose?
These nitrogen bases pair together through hydrigen bonds in DNA.
What are adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine?
This base always pairs with cytosine in DNA.
What is guanine?
According to Chargaff's Rule, if a DNA sample is 30% adenine, this base would also make up 30% of the DNA.
What is thymine?
These two parts make up the sides of the DNA "ladder."
What are sugar and phosphate?
This is the basic building block (monomer) of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
This property of DNA allows it to store large amounts of information.
What is a long sequence of bases?
This structure forms when DNA is tightly coiled around proteins.
What is a chromosome?
This scientist pair is credited with discovering the double-helix structure of DNA.
Who are Watson and Crick?
This part of a nucleotide determines the genetic code.
What is the nitrogen base?
This part of the cell contains most of the DNA.
What is the nucleus?
This term refers to a segment of DNA that codes for a trait.
What is a gene?