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What is DNA?
What does DNA look like?
What are mutagens?
How are copies of DNA made?
Vocabulary
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A molecule that contain genetic material about characteristics of an organism.
What is DNA?
100
It is known as a double helix.
What is the structure of DNA is a twisted ladder shape known as?
100
When it is pass from parent to offspring is called____.
What is inherited?
100
During _____ 2 strands of DNA separate like 2 threads in a string being unwound.
What is replication?
100
_____ is the most common mutation that happens when on base replaces another.
What is substitution?
200
Sets of rules and symbols used to carry information are ____ in DNA.
What are codes?
200
_____ are segments of DNA that relate to a certain trait.
What are genes?
200
Cells make proteins that can fix errors in____.
What is DNA?
200
When replication is complete, there are _____.
What are 2 identical DNA molecules?
200
During replication, as the bases on the original molecule are exposed, ______.
What are complementary nucleotides?
300
Information that a cell needs to function, grow, divide are located in _______.
What does a DNA hold?
300
Sugars and phosphate.
What are the two sides of the ladder also know has the DNA backbones are made of?
300
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA are known as_____.
What are mutations?
300
Each new DNA molecule is made of one strand of ____ DNA and on strand of ___ DNA.
What are old and new DNA?
300
_____ make up much of the structure of a cell and do most of the work of a cell.
What are proteins?
400
DNA stands for _______.
What is Deoxyribonucleic acid?
400
Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
What are the four different nucleotides in DNA?
400
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA are known as____.
What is a deletion?
400
_____ match up and join to the open DNA strands during replication.
What are Nucleotides?
400
When an extra base it known as a ____.
What is an insertion?
500
Contributed to discovery of DNA?
Who are Friedrich Miescher, Phoehus Levene, Erwin Chargaff, and Rosalind Fra?
500
A base, a sugar, and a phosphate group make a building block of DNA known as ____.
What is a nucleotide?
500
When DNA is damaged, it is damaged by chemical or physical agents called____.
What are mutagens?
500
Many groups of _____ are working to replicate your DNA at the same time.
What are proteins?
500
Adenine is always paired with ____.
What is thymine?