Vocabulary
What does reproduce mean?
To make new organisms of the same species
Which process of protein synthesis makes a copy of the DNA?
What is replication.
What is the shape of DNA?
What is double helix.
During which stage do cells spend most of their time?
What is interphase.
What is a section of DNA called?
What is a gene.
What are the two types of RNA and their roles?
mRNA - messenger RNA - tells which amino acid to send
tRNA - transfer RNA - actually transports the amino acid
What makes up the center/steps of the DNA ladder?
What are base pairs.
What are the four stages of Mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.
What makes up a nucleotide?
What is a phosphate, a sugar, and nitrogen base.
Which organelle is responsible for synthesizing protein?
What are the ribosomes.
How do the nitrogen bases pair up?
What is adenine bonds to thymine and cytosine bonds to guanine.
During this stage of Mitosis the chromosomes condense.
What is prophase.
What makes up a chromosome and where is located?
Why does RNA need to be made (What can RNA do that DNA can't do)?
What is RNA is made because DNA is not allowed to leave the nucleus.
What does DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribose nucleic acid.
During this phase of mitosis the chromatids are pulled apart by the spindle fibers.
What is anaphase.
During transcription what base pair does Adenine bond with?
What is uracil.
What is the enzyme responsible for assembling nucleotides?
What is polymerase.
How many cells are produced at the end of mitosis and are they identical or different from the parent cell?
Two identical cells are produced.