DNA History & Structure
RNA
Processes of RNA & DNA
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100
Where DNA is located in a cell.
What is the nucleus?
100
The sugar that makes up RNA.
What is ribose?
100
Number of letters that "code" for one amino acid?
What is three?
100
What a harmful mutation can cause in humans.
What is sickle-cell, cancer...?
100
Part of the cell where proteins are assembled by ribosomes.
What is the cytoplasm?
200
How nitrogen bases in DNA must pair up with each other.
What is A = T and C= G?
200
Nitrogen base that is different in RNA and matches up with the A in DNA.
What is U (uracil)?
200
Process in which mRNA "reads" the DNA code.
What is transcription?
200
A mutation that would be helpful to bacteria.
What is resistance to antibiotics....?
200
Process in which DNA is copied as a strand of mRNA
What is transcription?
300
Bonds that hold the DNA base pairs together.
What are hydrogen bonds?
300
Type of RNA that makes up ribosomes.
What is rRNA?
300
Process where DNA makes 2 DNA molecules each with one new strand and one original strand.
What is DNA replication?
300
The 2 types of mutations where nitrogen bases are added or taken away.
What is an addition or a deletion?
300
3 differences between DNA and RNA.
What is 1.DNA = 2 strands; RNA = 1 strand 2.DNA = deoxyribose and RNA = ribose 3.DNA = A,T,C,G and RNDA = A,U,C,G
400
The 2 sides of the DNA "ladder" are made of two alternating chemicals.
What is deoxyribose and phosphate?
400
Complementary strand of RNA that would go with the DNA strand A C C G T A T.
What is U G G C A U A?
400
This is the process where the genetic code is used to build an amino acid.
What is translation?
400
Most mutations have this effect on organisms
What is no effect?
400
Types of proteins that unwind DNA, attach bases and proofread the code.
What are enzymes?
500
This is the scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA by using x-ray diffraction.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
500
The type of RNA that carries the amino acid to the protein chain.
What is transfer RNA?
500
Type of RNA that carries the anticodon?
 What is tRNA?
500
Most mutations occur when DNA __________
What is replicates?
500
20 of these make up all the proteins in our bodies.
What are amino acids?
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