DNA
RNA
Amino Acids
Mutations
Miscellaneous
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What does DNA look like?
Double Helix or Twisted Ladder or Twisted Zipper
100
What does RNA look like?
A single strand.
100
What does a chain of amino acids make or what is a chain of amino acids called?
A protein and/or enzyme.
100
What is a mutation?
A change in the sequence of DNA bases.
100
What is the name of the process of producing a protein?
Translation
200
What are the 4 bases of DNA? List each base with its base pair.
Adenine-Thymine Guanine-Cytosine
200
What are the 4 bases of RNA?
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
200
How many bases make a codon or amino acid?
3
200
What is the name of the mutation when a part of a chromosome breaks off and attaches itself upside down on the chromosome?
Inversion
200
Where do the processes of replication and transcription take place in the cell?
Nucleus
300
If the letters of the 5' to the 3' side of the ladder are made of the bases TACGGA, what would be the bases of the 3' to 5' side?
ATGCCT
300
What is the name of the sugar for RNA?
Ribose
300
What amino acid do the letters AUG represent?
Start Codon or Methionine
300
Which is the more harmful mutation? A point mutation or a frameshift mutation.
Frameshift Mutation
300
How many total chromosomes do human skin cells possess?
46 total or 23 pairs
400
What is a nucleotide made of?
Deoxyribose, Nitrogenous Base and a Phosphate or Sugar, Base and Phosphate
400
What is the name of the process of producing mRNA?
Transcription
400
What amino acid do the letters UAA, UAG or UGA represent?
Stop Codon
400
What is the name of the mutation where a base or a part of a chromosome is missing?
Deletion
400
What makes up a nucleoside for DNA?
Deoxyribose and Phosphate or a sugar and a phosphate
500
During which phase of mitosis is DNA replicated?
Interphase
500
What are the three types of RNA?
mRNA, rRNA, tRNA or messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA
500
If DNA had the letters TAC as bases to code for a protein what would tRNA have on its structure as the anticodon?
UAC
500
What is the name of a mutation caused by an environmental factor?
Mutagen
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What is the name of the mutation where a part of a chromosome breaks off and attaches to another chromosome?
Translocation
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