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Replication
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Cell Division & Cancer
Trivia
100
The monomer of DNA is represented by #2 and is called:
What is a nucleotide?
100
Explain complementary base pairing using the nitrogenous bases in DNA
Teacher discretion:
The base pairs, adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine are connected to their "pair/partner".
A - T
C - G
100
Transcription has to take place in the nucleus for this reason:
Because DNA cannot leave the nucleus
100
Where in the cell does translation take place?
Where is the cytoplasm?
100
During interphase, a cell grows, makes organelles, and ______________ during the S phase:
What is duplicates it DNA?
100
Valentines Day!
These two Shakespeare characters are famous star crossed lovers.
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
200
Inherited traits are passed down from parent to offspring. This genetic information is contained in structures called
What are chromosomes?
200
A strand of DNA has the following sequence:
ATC GAT AGT TAG
This is the complementary strand synthesized during replication:
What is
TAG CTA TCA ATC
200
Given the sequence of DNA nucleotides bases:
TAG TAG TAG
Give the complementary strand of mRNA produces during transcription.
AUC AUC AUC
200
This many amino acids would be coded for by this sequence of mRNA:
AUG UAC
***50 bonus points if you tell me which amino acids they are***
What is two?
Methionine and tyrosine?
200
This is the main difference between normal cells and cancer cells
Cancer cells divide uncontrollably
200
Black History Month!
Name this famous athlete: the first Professional Black baseball player who was also named Rookie of the Year
First Professional Black Baseball Player: On April 5, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He led the league in stolen bases that season and was named Rookie of the Year.
300
The structure labeled #4 is a...
What is a phosphate?
300
Ms. Parks has two shrimp as her class pets.
Where does DNA replication occur in the shrimps' cells?
Where is the nucleus?
300
Based on the diagram, which number represents the product of transcription?
What is number 1?
300
What is an amino acid?
What is a subunit that makes up proteins?
300
What are the TWO purposes of mitosis?
What are growth and repair
300
If you are born on February 29th, 2008... how many birthdays have you had?
3!
400
What type of bond holds structures labeled #3 and #4 together?
What are weak hydrogen bonds?
400
Structure #2 in the diagram lays this role in protein synthesis:
What is brings amino acids to the ribosome?
400
tRNA transfers amino acids during...
What is translation?
400
This is the vocab word for controlled cell death
What is apoptosis?
(Not on test)
400
Black History Month!
Three Black scientists, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan, were instrumental to NASA's rocket launching missions. This famous movie/book was made to tell these womens' stories.
What is Hidden Figures?
500
Name all three components to a DNA nucleotide:
What are a deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous base.
500
Using a codon table, transcribe then translate the following sequence into amino acids:
DNA: ATA TAC TTT
mRNA: UAU AUG AAA
amino acids: tyrosine - methionine - lysine
500
This person has the most Oscar Academy Awards:
a. Walt Disney
b. Kathrine Hepburn
c. Steven Spielberg
d. Meryl Streep
Who is Walt Disney?