Replication
Transcription
Translation
Vocab
Miscellaneous
100

What sugar is DNA?

Deoxyribose

100

True or false: RNA is double stranded

F A L S E
100
What letters match (for RNA)

A --> U

C --> G

100

amino acid

makes up proteins

100
How many amino acids are there?

20

200

What is DNA's structure referred to as?

double helix

200

What sugar is found in RNA?

ribose

200

What is the starting codon?

AUG (met)

200

codon

3 bases of amino acids

200

What does the tRNA anticodon bond to?

mRNA codon

300

What are DNA's rungs made out of?

nitrogenous bases

300

What nitrogen base is only found in RNA?

Uracil

300

What are nucleotides?

a free floating substance that aids in replication
300

nucleoplasm

jelly like substance in the nucleus (similar to cytoplasm)

300

What is the end result of translation?

complete chain of amino acids
400

What are the four nitrogenous bases of DNA?

Adenine

Thymine

Guanine

Cytosine

400
What does mRNA stand for?

Messenger RNA

400

When does the translation process end?

When a stop codon is reached

400

Ribosome

creates proteins, is an organelle

400

how many letters are in a codon?

3

500

What does DNA stand for?

deoxyribonucleic acid

500

What fluid is found in the nucleus?

nucleoplasm

500

What does mRNA meet up with?

Ribosomes

500

helicase

enzyme that unzips DNA strands

500

Name one of the 3 stop codons

UGA, UAA, UAG