The sugar that is found DNA
(Must be pronounced correctly)
what is deoxyribose
100
The sugar that is found in RNA
(Must be pronounced correctly)
What is ribonucleic acid
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome
100
A mutation that does not change the sequence of amino acids and does not cause disease.
What is What is a silent mutation?
(also accept: no effect; beneficial mutation)
100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
Name the 4 nitrogen bases found in DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine
200
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA:
A T T C G C A G T
What is U A A G C G U C A
200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription
200
The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.
What is substitution
200
The bonds that link amino acids together.
What are peptide bonds?
300
Name the two processes that happen in the nucleus involving DNA
What are DNA Replication and Transcription
300
List the FULL NAMES for the three different types of RNA
What is messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA?
300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA
300
The type of mutation in which a part of a chromosome or sequence of DNA is lost during DNA replication
What is deletion
300
A disease that results in a change in the shape of hemoglobin in red blood cells due to a point mutation.
What is sickle cell anemia
(accept sickle cell syndrome)
400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of DNA
What are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine?
400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400
Name the mutation in which there is an exchange or swap between two bases
What is substitution
400
What are some factors that lead to mutations?
What is heat, UV light, radiation, chemicals...
500
what is the reason why DNA replication happens?
to pass on genetic information to other cells during cell division
500
Name two differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.
- What is DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded?
- What is RNA has RIbose and DNA has Deoxyribose?
- What is RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?
500
Name the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC
500
Name three examples of a mutation.
(Not including down syndrome or cancer)
What is
cystic fibrosis
emphysema
sickle cell syndrome
siamese twins
teacher collins syndrome
cleft palate
500
Why does transcription have to occur before the proteins are transferred and made in the ribosomes?
DNA cannot leave the nucleus because it is too large