DNA
RNA
DNA and RNA Structure
Genetic Code
Other
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What is the meaning of DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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What is the meaning of RNA?
Ribonucleic Acid
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What is the direction in which DNA grows?
5 to 3
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What does G-C-A-T stand for?
Guanine, Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine.
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Who discovered DNA?
Crick, Watson, and Franklin
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Where is DNA located?
In the nucleus
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What does mRNA stand for?
Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
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What is the shape of the sugar in DNA?
Pentagonal
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T goes with __ while G goes with __.
A, C
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What is the structure of DNA?
A double helix.
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An irregularity in DNA is called a ________
Mutation
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How many strands of RNA are there?
one
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Okazaki fragments occur on the ___ and are bonded together by ______.
Lagging Strand, Ligase
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Change the following to mRNA ACGTA
UGCAU
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Why is the DNA molecules referred to as the 'blueprint of life'?
DNA tells the cell how to build the organism like a blue print does for a house
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DNA replication What is the process of copying of DNA called?
DNA replication
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What replaces thymine from DNA in RNA?
Uracil
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What two things make up the ribosomes?
Ribsomal RNA (rRNA) and protein.
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What is the start codon in DNA

AUG

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What kind of sugar does DNA contain?
Deoxyribose
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When does DNA copy itself?
Right before cell division.
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The process by which RNA is made from DNA is called _________
Transcription
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How many strands of DNA are there?
2
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What is the tRNA code for the RNA code of TTAGCCTAG?
AAUCGGAUC
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What does a nucleotide consist of?

a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base

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