DNA
the structure of DNA
What is double helix
Long chains of amino acids fold up to make this important structure.
What is a "Protein?"
The name of the strand that is created from the DNA template for protein synthesis.
What is the mRNA?
A group of 3 three bases on mRNA that determine a specific amino acid is called a ________
What is a "codon?"
THE process of using the DNA genetic code to make a protein is called
What is "Protein Synthesis."
Year that JHS was founded
What is 2021?
deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base makes up a...
What is nucleotide?
Organized units of DNA that contain genes that code for traits and proteins... (hint: you have 23 pairs of these)
What is "Chromosome"
mRNA is made from these monomers
What are (ribo)nucleotides?
The site where mRNA is created from the DNA sequence that will code for a specific trait.
What is the "nucleus?"
The site of protein synthesis occurs at this important functional organelle ___________
What is " the ribosome?"
Translation occurs at a ribosome in the ...
What is the Cytoplasm?
The 4 nitrogenous bases of a DNA molecule include...
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
Changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA
What are Mutations?
The 4 nitrogenous bases of an RNA molecule include....
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
DNA: CAT-GTA-CCG. What is the complementary mRNA strand from the DNA sequence?
What is RNA: GUA-CAU-GGC
the type of RNA that transfers the appropriate amino acid
What is tRNA?
Any change in DNA is called this.
What is a mutation?
The bond that connects nitrogenous bases in DNA in the rungs of the ladder
What are hydrogen bonds?
The nucleic acid that serves as a blueprint of life, and contains the instructions for making an organism
What is DNA?
Both types of RNA work together during...
What is Translation?
The process in which DNA is used to make an mRNA strand.
What is Transcription?
A ribosome will continue to create a protein until it encounters the...
What is a "Stop Codon."
All living things have the same structure to their DNA. One organism's DNA will lead to a fruit fly while another organism's DNA leads to a blue whale because of this.
What is order of DNA?
Adenine pairs with ___________
Guanine pairs with ____________
What is Thymine?
What is Cytosine?
Individual segments of DNA that code for proteins using the genetic code
What are "Genes"?
What is a "Ribose."
The secondary process of Protein synthesis in which mRNA is used to produce proteins.
What is Translation?
the type of RNA that carries the message from the nucleus to the ribosome
What is mRNA?
What is chromosome?
A DNA Molecule has the bases, AGC-TAC-GCT. WHAT is the complementary DNA molecule that will form
WHAT is TCG-ATG-CGA?
3 nitrogen bases that are complimentary to the mRNA codons during translation.
What is the "anticodon."
An RNA strand is AUG-CUA-CCG. What would be the resulting tRNA anticodons:
WHAT IS UAC-GAU-GGC?
Ribosomes read the mRNA strand _____ codon at a time. Each codon is made of ______ nitrogen bases.
What is "1 and 3"?
Provide the missing information
DNA: CTA
mRNA:
What is..
mRNA: GAU
The names of all 4 biology teachers at Jefferson High School.
Who is Ms. Swift, Mr. Schild, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Ms Blair?
What is the process by which DNA makes a duplicate, or copy of itself
What is Replication?
The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes. (options: heredity, genetics, genome, chromosome)
What is a genome?
List 3 differences between a DNA & RNA molecule
DNA is double stranded; RNA is single
N. Bases for DNA: A, C, G, T; RNA: A, U, C, G
DNA has a deoxyribose sugar; RNA: ribose sugar
DNA has the genetic code; RNA uses DNA to carry the message.
DNA can't leave the nucleus; RNA has to leave the nucleus
The mutation type(s) that causes the most differences/challenges/issues.
What is Insertion/Deletion Mutation?
Provide the missing information
mRNA:
tRNA: UAG
mRNA: AUC
The CAUUUG sequence of bases mutated to CACUUG, resulting in the same amino acid sequence. Is this really possible?
What is yes?