Vocab
What is DNA
Unit of genetic information
What is the end goal of the Central Dogma of Biology
How does a virus enter a cell?
Either penetrate the cell membrane or tricks the cell into thinking its food.
What is a code
Set of Instructions for how a program works
What is a gene
What is a Eukaryote
Cells without a nucleus
What is the term when DNA makes itself
Replication
What is a Virus made of?
Biomolecules (Proteins)
What is the purpose of a code?
Allows for automated performance. They simplify a larger more complex set of instruction
How does your body fight a cold?
Fever, white blood cells.
What is a Prokaryote
Term when mRNA copies DNA
Transcription
Name 2 characteristics that Virus share with LIVING things
1. Made of biomolecules
2. Reproduces
3. Has genetic material
How is a code different than the message?
The code sequence is usually much simpler/less complicated than the message produced.
Name 2 eukaryotes
Humans, Plants
What is a Nucleic Acid
A bunch of Nucleotides
Term when mRNA creates protein
Translation
Name 2 characteristics that Virus share with NON LIVING things
1. Cannot live independently
2. Cannot make its own energy
3. Does not have any organelles
Explain how coding works in the creation of protein
Name 2 Prokaryotes
Bacteria, Blue-Green Algae
What is an Amino Acid
Building blocks of protein.
Eukaryotic cells only
Why does virus need a cells DNA
To replicate, to use a cells energy to make more of itself.
What is a codon?
What does DNA stand for
Deoxyribonucleic Acid