DNA Structure
What shape does DNA have?
What is a double helix?
What is the process by which DNA is used to make mRNA?
What is transcription?
What type of molecules are primarily found in the cell membrane?
What are phospholipids?
What is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
What is diffusion?
What is the longest phase of the cell cycle?
What is interphase?
Which nitrogenous base pairs with adenine (A) in DNA?
What is thymine(T)?
During which cellular process is mRNA used to strand together Amino Acids?
What is translation?
What part of the phospholipid molecule is hydrophobic?
What are the fatty acid tails?
What type of transport requires energy (ATP)?
What is active transport?
During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
What is the S phase?
What type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together?
What are hydrogen bonds?
What type of RNA brings amino acids to the ribosome?
What is tRNA?
Which of the following is NOT a function of membrane proteins: structural support, transport, or energy storage?
What is energy storage?
What is the process of water moving across a membrane?
What is osmosis?
What is the role of the spindle fibers during mitosis?
What is to separate chromatids?
Who is credited with discovering the double-helix structure of DNA?
Who are Watson and Crick (Franklin)?
Where does transcription occur in eukaryotic cells?
What is the nucleus?
What model describes the dynamic nature of the cell membrane?
What is the fluid mosaic model?
What happens to a cell placed in a hypertonic solution (lots of salt)?
What is the cell shrinks?
Which phase of mitosis involves the alignment of chromosomes in the center of the cell?
What is metaphase?
What sugar is found in DNA?
What is deoxyribose?
What is the role of the ribosome in translation?
What is to make new proteins?
What type of membrane protein spans the entire membrane?
What are integral proteins?
What is the difference in the concentration of molecules between two regions called?
What is "concentration gradient"?
What happens during cytokinesis?
What is the cell divides into two daughter cells?