Central Dogma
Protein Synthesis
DNA Structure
Mutations
Meiosis/Mitosis
100
What is the "blueprint" contained in each cell?
What is DNA
100
Which organelle is responsible for assembling the amino acids into a protein?
What is the ribosome?
100
how many bases are found in DNA? Extra points if you can name them.
What is the number 4? Guanine, thymine, adenine, cytosine
100
What is a mutation?
What is a change in the DNA or RNA sequence.
100
Which process is asexual and results in two diploid eggs?
What is mitosis
200
What is it that DNA contains information to build?
What are proteins
200
What is happening during transcription?
what is copying the DNA into RNA?
200
Adenine can pair up with which other base(s) during complementary pairing?
What is thymine or uricel?
200
Which type of mutation can usually cause the biggest effect, a chromosomal or a gene mutation?
What is a chromosomal mutation?
200
Crossing over happens in which process? Extra points if you can name which phase.
What is meiosis? What is prophase I
300
What word means "The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait"
What is a gene
300
What is the first step in protein synthesis?
What is unzipping of the DNA strand for coping
300
Watson and Crick discovered this important structural feature about DNA.
What is a double helix shape?
300
What is the difference between a point mutation and a frameshift mutation?
What is one or two changed amino acids vs several or all?
300
What are the phases in order? extra points if you can give the phase that actually divides the cell into two.
What is P.M.A.T. prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase What is cytokenisis
400
How does genetic code found in DNA leave the nucleus?
What is RNA or mRNA?
400
How many bases are used to indicate which amino acid should be used?
What is the number 3
400
DNA is short for what?
what is deoxyribonucleic acid
400
What is the least dangerous/harmful mutation?
What substitution, a point mutation?
400
What is the biggest benefit of sexual reproduction?
What is genetic diversity?
500
Central dogma says that genetic information flows in what order?
DNA to mRNA to protein
500
What is the process called when the mRNA sequence is passed off to the tRNA who then retrieves the correct amino acids?
What is translation
500
What are the parts of a nucleotide?
what are sugar, phosphate and a nitrogen base?
500
Can you know a person's genotype if they are dominant in their phenotype?
What is no because they could be RR or Rr
500
What are the main purpose of meiosis and mitosis?
What is sexual reproduction and cell replacement.
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