Day 1
The macromolecule that composes genes.
What is DNA?
The geometric shape of a DNA molecule.
What is a double helix?
The definition of complimentary base pairing.
What is a perfect fit of nucleotide bases?
When DNA is copied to produce two identical DNA strands
What is replication?
What is the nucleus?
The number of bases in DNA
What is four?
What is when the helicase "unzips" the DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds?
An enzyme that splits the hydrogen bonds that connect base pairs for DNA replication.
What is helicase?
The example we talked about in class that DNA can be compared to
What is a recipe?
The saying to help remember which base pairs with which
What is Apples grow on Trees, Cars go in Garages?
The part of DNA that contain a sugar, a phosphate, and a base.
What are nucleotides?
Step two in replication
What is the DNA polymerase attaches the free-floating bases to their complimentary bases on the original strand?
Three reasons to study DNA.
What are catching criminals, learning about our heritage, learning about diseases?
The complimentary bases for ACCCTAG
What is TGGGATC?
The bond that holds together base pairs.
What is hydrogen bonds?
What is semi-conservative?
The X shape in the cell where you can find the DNA
What is the chromosome?
The part of DNA that sugar and phosphate form
What is the backbone?
The names of the four main nucleotide bases.
What are Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, and Cytosine?
The reason replication occurs
What is to accommodate the cells dividing (mitosis)?