What is DNA?
DNA stands for ___________________________
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA has how many nitrogenous bases?
What is four
DNA has a specific shape called a _____________________, which can be described as a twisted ladder.
What is a double helix
DNA is useful in agriculture because it allows scientists to modify the genetic makeup of crops to improve_____. (Give an example)
Crop Yield, Pest Resistance, Disease Resistance, Drought Resistance, etc
While DNA is a double helix structure, RNA's structure is a ____.
What is single strand
DNA is which of following organic molecules? A) A lipid B) A carbohydrate C) A protein D) A nucleic acid
What is a nucleic acid
True/False: DNA exists normally in your cells as a single-strand of nucleotides, having one backbone connected to nitrogenous bases.
What is False (DNA is double-stranded)
This vegetable was the first commercially available genetically modified food. It was engineered to have a longer shelf life by reducing the activity of a gene that causes tomatoes to ripen and soften.
What is the Flavr Savr tomato
DNA nitrogen bases are A,T,C,G. RNA bases are A,___,C,G
What is U (Uracil)
A nucleic acid is made up of smaller units, or building blocks, called ____________________
What are nucleotides
The type of bond that holds base pairs together is? (Hint: The weaker one)
What is a hydrogen bond
The majority of these 3 major crops are GMO crops in the US.
What are corn, soybeans, and cotton?
This is the type of sugar used when forming RNA
What is Ribose
DNA nucleotides are made up of three components:
What are 1. A sugar 2. A phosphate 3. A nitrogen base (need all 3 to be correct)
A strand of DNA is supported by its "backbones". Which two molecules make up the backbone of DNA?
What are sugars and phosphates
A technology that scientists use to alter an animal's own DNA, or to splice in new DNA, in order to make medical products.
What is pharming?
This is what RNA stands for
What is Ribonucleic Acid
The sugar in DNA is made up of 5 carbons, what is the specific name for this 5-carbon sugar in DNA? (Hint: the D in DNA)
What is deoxyribose
What is the name for the base represented by a (T)?
What is Thymine
What were the names of the two scientists who first modeled the structure of a DNA molecule as a twisted, double-helix shape.
A)Ben Franklin & Alexander Graham Bell, B)Watson & Crick, C)Thomas Edison & Ben Franklin D)Eli Whitney & Louis Pasteur
Who are Watson & Crick
This involves the use of microorganisms that are genetically modified to break down pollutants in the environment, such as oil spills and industrial waste.
What is bioremeadiation?
What is the main purpose of RNA?
To create proteins