DNA Basics
In which organelle is most DNA found?
What is the Nucleus?
What does DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribonucleic?
What is Adenine?
What is DNA replication?
What is when new cells are made, DNA must reproduce so that each new cells has an exact copy of DNA?
If there are 30% A, what % is T?
What is 30%?
What three scientist discovered the shape of DNA? One of which is not given the credit she deserves.
James Watson, Francis Crick and Roselind Franklin
What does DNA code for?
What is our genetic code or material?
Represented by the letter T?
What is Thymine?
What is the 1st step of DNA Replication?
What the DNA needs to unwind and unzip into 2 separate strands?
What is the complementary strand for AGTCATG?
What is TCAGTAC?
What biomolecule is DNA?
What is Nucleic Acid?
What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
What is a deoxyribose sugar, phosphate and a nitrogen base?
Represented by the letter G?
What is Guanine?
What enzyme is responsible for unzipping the DNA into 2 separate strands?
What is the DNA helicase?
What do the sides of the DNA ladder represent?
What is the sugar-phosphate backbone?
DNA has a unique two-sided spiraling shape. What is the name given to this shape?
What is a Double Helix?
How many nitrogen bases are contained in DNA?
What is four?
What is Cytosine?
What is the 2nd step of DNA Replication?
What is that the original strand of DNA matches with its complementary base pair.
What do the "rungs" of the DNA ladder represent?
What is the nitrogen bases?
What are the building blocks (monomers) that compose DNA and RNA?
What is Nucleotides?
What is our base pair rule?
What is A pairs with T and G pairs with C?
What is the analogy used to remember our base pair rule?
What is Apples grow on Trees and Gas goes in Cars (Cars go in Garage)?
What enzyme is responsible for finding the complementary base pair?
What is DNA polymerase?
In which direction do the 2 strands of nucleotides run?
What is opposite of each other?