DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
DNA Technology
100
The primary location of DNA
What is the nucleus?
100
The names of the four nitrogen bases found in RNA and how they match up.
What are Adenine - Uracil
Cytosine - Guinine?
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100
A mutation that replaces a nucleotide with a different nucleotide.
What is a substitution? (also called a point mutation)
100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The 4 nitrogen bases of DNA and how they match up
What are Adenine - Thymine
Cytosine - Guanine?
200
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: A T C
What is U A G?
200
The process name where the mRNA strand is read by the ribosome and proteins are assembled.
What is Translation?
What is Protein Synthesis?
What is Elongation?
200
The type of mutation that occurs when one or more bases have been added.
What is an insertion? (also called a frameshift mutation)
200
This makes a genetically identical copy of an organism.
What is cloning?
300
The process where DNA is copied in the nucleus.
What is DNA Replication?
300
The number of strands in an RNA molecule
What is one?
300
This molecule brings amino acids to the ribosomes.
What is transfer RNA? (tRNA)
300
A mutation that removes one or more bases.
What is a deletion? (also called frameshift mutation)
300
This technology allows identification of individuals and can show biological relationships.
What is DNA profiling? (or DNA fingerprinting)
400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
400
The three types of RNA.
Transfer (tRNA)
Ribosomal (rRNA)
Messenger (mRNA)
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule.
Groups of three bases on a tRNA molecule.
What is a codon?
What is an anti-codon?
400
The type of mutation shown in the diagram.
What is nondisjunction?
400
Clipping bad genes and replacing them with healthy genes using viruses (cystic fibrosis).
What is gene therapy?
500
The reason why DNA must be copied before proteins can be made.
What is DNA must stay protected in the nucleus and proteins are made outside the nucleus in the ribosomes?
500
The process where the code from DNA is written down on an RNA molecule.
What is Transcription?
500
Transcribe and Translate the following DNA codon:
AAA
What is the phenylalanine (phe)?
500
Two examples of mutagens or carcinogens that can change DNA.
What are radiation, chemicals, pollution, viruses, etc?
500
Inserting plants or organisms with a gene to make it produce a certain protein that is helpful to mankind.
What is genetic engineering?