The genetic material of a cell that contains information needed for the cell's growth and other activities. It also determines the inherited characteristics of an organism.
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)?
100
The twisted ladder shape of DNAs' structure.
What is a double helix?
100
The process of a cell making copies of DNA molecules.
What is replication?
100
When a base is left out during mutation.
What is deletion?
100
Genetic material of a cell.
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)?
200
This makes up the structure and does most of the work of a cell.
What are Proteins?
200
The two sides of the ladder made of sugars and phosphate groups.
What is the backbone?
200
These separate during replication.
What are strands?
200
When an extra base is added during mutation.
What is insertion?
200
The building block of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
300
The set of rules and symbols used to carry information.
What is a code?
300
Made of a pair of bases each attached to one of the sugars in the backbone.
What are the rungs of the ladder?
300
These are added when the bases on the original molecule are exposed.
What are complementary nucleotides?
300
When one base replaces another during mutation.
What is substitution?
300
A process when a cell makes copies of DNA molecules.
What is replication?
400
Codes carry the information needed for cells to do this, but they don't.
What is function, grow, and divide?
400
Made of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate group, the building block of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
400
Each new DNA molecule is made of one of these.
What is an old strand?
400
Physical and chemical agents that can damage DNA.
What are mutagens?
400
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA.
What is a mutation?
500
Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
What is the long name for DNA?
500
Segments of DNA that relate to a certain trait.
What is a gene?
500
Each new DNA molecule is made of one of these.
What is a new strand?
500
This results from mutations that harm the normal function of a cell.