Vocab
The code of life.
What is DNA?
Name 1 reason DNA is different than RNA.
- Double stranded
- Bases A, T, C, G
- sugar is deoxyribose
Transcription takes ____ and makes it into _____.
What is DNA and mRNA?
The site of Protein Synthesis (translation).
What is ribosome?
What is a cavalier?
DNA is also known as this.
What is deoxyribose nucleic acid?
The building block (monomer) of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
This is where DNA replication occurs.
What is the nucleus?
Translation takes mRNA and makes it into ________.
The principal of JHS.
Who is Mr. Conrad?
A segment of DNA that codes for a protein.
What is a gene?
Adenine pairs with this.
Name the 4 nitrogen bases of mRNA
Adenine
Uracil
Guanine
Cytosine
The amino acid for UGG.
What is Tryptophan?
The first year of JHS.
What is 2021?
What is a codon?
This part of DNA is what makes us different for everyone and everything.
The mRNA strand for this DNA strand: AAT GCC TAC
What is UUA CGG AUG?
An example of a helpful mutation.
Answers may vary.
ex: Corn that becomes better able to withstand drought conditions in SD.
Who are the best teachers at JHS?
Who is Ms Frederick and Ms Swift?
The 3 letter code on tRNA.
What is an anticodon?
The complementary DNA strand for this DNA sequence: ATT CGC GTA
What is TAA GCG CAT?
This is why transcription happens.
What is the DNA CANNOT leave the nucleus.
This type of mutation is most likely to have the least effect on the resulting protein and may code for the same amino acid.
What is substitution?
Number of students that attend JHS.
What is 1,750 students?