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Replication
Random Science Trivia
100
Guanine, cytosine, thymine, and adenine are the four what in DNA?
Base pairs!
100
Oh no! This DNA is getting arrested! I'm just joking! HAHAHA
Okay but seriously, what career that Acadia mentioned in her slideshow is she referencing?
Forensic science!
100
What is DNA replication?
The process in which a DNA molecule is copied.
100
What is the name of the RNA that is made from a DNA template during transcription?
Messenger RNA!
100
Who discovered gravity?
-and calculus and the three laws of motion:(
Sir Isaac Newton!
200
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid!
200
Who discovered the double helix structure but was never recognized for their accomplishment?
Rosalind Franklin!
200
What are the chemical building blocks of DNA?
Nucleotides!
200
What are the three phases of replication?
1. Initiation
2. Elongation
3. Termination
!
200
How many electrons does hydrogen have?
1!
300
What is the smallest part of DNA?
Nucleotide!
300
What is the genetic engineering technology that is like the cut and paste command but for DNA?
CRISPR!
(bonus points for anyone who can say what it stands for)
300
Each new double strand contains what two strands?
One parental strand and one new daughter strand!
300
What replaces thymine during transcription?
Uracil!
300
If you were to uncoil all the DNA in one body, it would be how long?
10 billion miles or twice the diameter of the solar system!
400
What is gene regulation?
The ability to turn genes on and off!
400
Dr. Barbara McClintock studied jumping genes in what specimen?
Maize!
400
Match up this gene sequence with its complimentary pair!!
ACGGCTACTAGCATTG
TGCCGATGATCGTAAG!
400
Before a cell can replicate, it must make a copy of what?
It's entire genome!
400
How fast does light travel?
186,000 miles per SECOND!
500
What are the three parts of DNA?
Phosphate, sugar, and a base!
500
Acadia is studying what in college?
Aerospace engineering!
500
Who discovered the shape of DNA?
Watson and Crick!
500
What is a lagging strand?
A strand of DNA that is replicated in the opposite direction of the replication fork.
500
Albert Einstein had been with what scientist?
Neils Bohr!