DNA Basics
In DNA, Cytosine always bonds with _____. Must write the whole name of the base.
What is Guanine?
This molecule is similar to DNA, but it is a single strand and can leave the nucleus.
What is RNA?
This mammal lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
What is a platypus?
This is the name of the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
This is the longest river in the world (according to most modern measurements).
What is the Nile River?
This is the shape DNA is described as.
What is double helix?
Instead of thymine, this is the base that is used in RNA. Double points if you write the whole name of the base.
What is U (Uracil)
This sea creature can regenerate a lost arm and sometimes an entire body from a piece of itself.
What is a starfish (sea star)?
This is the closest star to Earth besides the Sun.
What is Proxima Centauri?
This is the largest desert in the world.
What is Antarctica?
These are the four bases in DNA.
What are thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine?
This animal has the strongest bite force of any living animal.
What is a saltwater crocodile?
This planet in our solar system has the most moons.
What is Saturn?
This country has the largest population in the world.
What is India?
This is the place that DNA is housed inside of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
This is the corresponding strand of bases that would go with this strand:
ATGGACCAA
TACCTGGTT
This animal’s tongue can be longer than its entire body.
What is a chameleon?
This space telescope launched in 2021 and is designed to look deeper into space than the Hubble.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
This capital city sits on the Thames River and is home to Big Ben.
What is London?
This is made up of thousands or millions of DNA bases and codes for a protein.
What is a gene.
This is the type of mutation seen here.
AGCTAGACC
AGCTAGCACC
What is an insertion?
This deep-sea fish is known for the glowing lure that hangs in front of its mouth to attract prey.
What is an anglerfish?
This galaxy is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
This mountain range separates Europe and Asia in Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?