Scientists
DNA
structure
DNA vs. RNA
Base Pairing
Replication &
Transcription
100

This scientist used X-Ray crystallography techniques to determine the shape of the DNA molecule.

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

100

This is the what the acronym DNA stands for.  

What is DeoxyriboNucleic Acid?
100

This is the acronym for ribonucleic acid.

What is RNA?

100

This base will always pair up with Thymine in a molecule of DNA.

What is Adenine?
100

This molecule is produced from a template strand of DNA in the nucleus to send out to the ribosome for protein synthesis.

What is messenger RNA?
200

This scientist discovered the DNA molecule way back in 1869 when he was studying white blood cells from the pus on used bandages he got from a local hospital.

Who is Friedrich Miescher?
200
This is the basic unit of the DNA molecule.

What is a nucleotide?

200

We can find RNA in these parts of a cell.  

What are the nucleus and the cytoplasm?

200
This base will always pair up with Cytosine in a molecule of RNA.
What is GUANINE?
200

There are 3 types of this nucleic acid found in eukaryotic cells.  

What is RNA?

300

These scientists won the Nobel Peace Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962. 

Who were Watson & Crick?

300

These are the parts of a nucleotide.

What are Phosphate, base, sugar (PBS)?

300

This is one difference that exists between the shape of DNA and RNA.

What is RNA is single stranded?

300

If the base sequence of the mRNA molecule is 

UUU-AAA-CAG, what is the base sequence of the DNA template strand?

What is AAA-TTT-GTC?

300

These are molecules needed to help transcribe the DNA molecule in the nucleus.  

What are enzymes?
400

These scientists used radioactive phosphorus and sulfur to determine if DNA or proteins were the heredity factor. 

Who were Hershey & Chase?

400

These are the 4 types of nitrogen bases found in DNA.

What are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine?

400
This base is found in a molecule of RNA, but is not found in a molecule of DNA.

What is URACIL?

400

If there are 20 nucleotides with Adenine as its base in the DNA molecule, how many nucleotides will have Thymine as its base in the mRNA molecule?

What is 0?
400

This is used to "glue" the Okazaki fragments together.  

What is the enzyme LIGASE?
500

This scientist's research stated that A=T and that the amount of C=G.

Who is Chargaff

500

This is the shape of the DNA molecule as discovered by Franklin, Watson & Crick.

What is the Double Helix?
500

This is the name of the sugar that is found in RNA but not in DNA.

What is RIBOSE?

500
The complementary base sequence is 

ATA-GGT-ATA-CCG.

What is TAT-CCA-TAT-GGC as the template strand sequence?

500

This is the process by which DNA makes a copy of itself.

What is SEMICONSERVATIVE REPLICATION?
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