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DNA Replication
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutation
Nitrogen Bases
100
The process in which an identical copy of a DNA strand is formed for a new cell.
What is DNA Replication?
100
RNA stands for?
What is ribonucleic acid?
100
What are proteins made of?
What is amino acids?
100
What is a mutation?
What is any change in the DNA of a gene or chromosome?
100
What is the nitrogen base that RNA has, but DNA does not?
What is uracil?
200
The first step in DNA replication is...
DNA unzips.
200
Name one structural difference between RNA and DNA.
What is RNA is only one strand?
200
What is the first step in protein synthesis?
What is mRNA copies the DNA and leaves the nucleus to enter the cytoplasm?
200
What is the problem with the DNA being changed in a mutation?
What is it produces a different amino acid/protein for the cell?
200
The nitrogen base adenine always pairs with what in DNA?
What is thymine?
300
Nitrogen bases in the __________ pair up with bases on the DNA halves.
What is the nucleus?
300
Name the two types of RNA used in protein synthesis.
What is mRNA and tRNA?
300
What is the second step in protein synthesis?
What is the ribosome attaches to the mRNA?
300
Name the type of mutation that occurs when a base pair is substituted for another.
What is substitution?
300
The nitrogen base cytosine always pairs with what in DNA?
What is guanine?
400
After DNA replication, this many new DNA molecules are formed.
What is 2?
400
What is the sugar in the backbone of RNA called?
What is ribose?
400
What is the third step in protein synthesis?
What is molecules of tRNA bring amino acids to the ribosome to attach to the mRNA?
400
Name the type of mutation that occurs when a base pair is deleted.
What is deletion?
400
True or false - nitrogen bases like to be unpaired.
False.
500
Because of the way the nitrogen bases pair up, the order of bases in each new strand...
What is exactly matches the order in the original strand?
500
What base is in RNA and not in DNA?
What is uracil?
500
What is the word for the three base code of RNA used in protein synthesis?
What is a codon?
500
Give an example of a beneficial mutation.
What is anything that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce?
500
What would the sequence of RNA be for TGACA?
What is ACUGU?