DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100
The sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
100
The sugar that is found in RNA
What is Ribose?
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100

A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait is called a ______________. 

What is a gene?

100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The 4 nitrogen bases of 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 a substitution?
200

The bonds that link nitrogen bases together.

What are hydrogen bonds?

300
Two things that happen in the nucleus involving DNA
What are DNA Replication and Transcription?
300

The full name of two types of RNA

What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA or ribosomal RNA?

300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300

Gene mutations can be caused by:

What is viruses, radiation, UV rays, chemicals, etc?

300

These special types of proteins help to unzip DNA and match up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication and protein synthesis.

What are helicase and polymerase?

400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
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

Many amino acids have more than one codon. If a mutation doesn't cause a change in the resulting protein, this would be a _____________ mutation. 

What is a silent mutation?

400

Several scientists were involved in the discovery of DNA. One of the following was not involved:

James Watson, Robert Hooke, Erwin Chargaff, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins

Who is Robert Hooke?

500
The reason why DNA replication happens.
What is to pass on genetic information to other cells during cell division?
500
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
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500

The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA. The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation.

What is a deletion? 

500

This is always the first codon to be translated on an mRNA sequence

What is AUG?

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