DNA Structure
RNA
Protein Synthesis
DNA History
Bonus
100
What shape does DNA form?
Double Helix
100
What are the four nitrogen bases of RNA?
Uracil
Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
100
What is protein synthesis?
The composition of protein
100
Who is the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
100
The variable that is varied or manipulated by the researcher.
Independent Variable
200
What makes up the sides of the double helix?
Phosphate
Deoxyribose sugar
200
What is RNA short for?
ribonucleic acid
200
What two RNAs are used in Protein Synthesis
mRNA
tRNA
200
Who created the first crude representation of DNA?
Friedrich Miescher
200
Any two factors that affect the enzyme's rate of reaction
Ph
temperature
amount of enzyme or substrate
300
What is the metaphor used to describe DNA structure shape?
a twisted ladder
300
What nitrogen base does RNA not have?
Thymine
300
What gets rid of the introns?
Spliceosome
300
What is the Central Dogma of biology?
Protein Synthesis
300
Water molecule is connected to adjacent water molecule with weak bond called
Hydrogen Bonds
400
What are the 'rungs' made of?
Nitrogen bases
400
What is mRNA and tRNA used for?
Protein Synthesis
400
What codon starts the RNA chain?
AUG
400
Who discovered the double helix? (possible half credit)
Francis Crick and James Watson
400
Type of mutation where one or more bases are inserted
Insertion or addition
500
What are the four nitrogen bases?
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
500
What are the three types of RNA?
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
500
What are polypeptides?
Polypeptides are chains of amino acids.
500
What are Chargaff's ratios?
Adenine = Thymine
Cytosine = Guanine
500
Crossing over in Meiosis