DNA Replication
Protein Synthesis
Either/Or
RNA
Mystery Categories
100
These two molecules make up the backbone of DNA.
What are deoxyribose sugars and phosphates?
100
The subunit of a protein.
What is an amino acid?
100
The nitrogenous base that pairs with adenine, but only in RNA.
What is uracil?
100
Name two different types of RNA.
mRNA and tRNA
100
Organelle involved in in/out transport.
What is the plasma membrane?
200
weak bonds on DNA molecules that are easily broken and are important in DNA replication.
What are hydrogen bonds?
200
The site of protein synthesis.
ribosome
200
This female scientist helped discovered the structure of DNA.
Rosalind Franklin
200
The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose. What is the sugar in RNA?
ribose
200
Two differences between animal and plant cells.
chloroplasts and cell wall.
300
A monomer of a DNA molecule is made of these three parts.
What are sugars, phosphates, and nitrogenous bases?
300
The process in which an mRNA molecule is formed, using DNA as a template.
What is transcription?
300
Scientific name for the "twisted ladder" shape of DNA.
What is double helix?
300
What base is missing in RNA?
thymine
300
This is the process by which two identical daughter cells are produced.
What is mitosis?
400
What bases pair with each other in DNA?
C and G, A and T
400
The process of turning mRNA into protein.
translation
400
What its called when there's a mistake in the DNA.
mutation
400
Why can RNA go outside of the nucleus while the DNA can't?
it's smaller; single stranded
400
name the 5 phases of mitosis.
IPMAT
500
If one strand of DNA is GAT CCA ATG, what is the other strand?
What is CTAGGTTAC?
500
If the mRNA sequence is AUG UGG, what will the amino acids be?
What is methionine and tryptophan?
500
Give the full name of the 4 bases of DNA.
guanine, cytosine, adenine, thymine
500
What is the subunit of RNA?
nucleotide
500
When does the DNA double in mitosis?
interphase
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