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The Process
The Little Things in Life
100

the 3 parts of a nucleotide of DNA

1 deoxyribose, phosphate group, and 1 nitrogen base

100

DNA can make exact copies of itself through replication because the nitrogen bases always  pair

a-t and c-g

100

Sections of DNA that serve as instructions for making proteins. There can be hundreds to thousands of these on a single chromosome. 

genes

100

Where is the site of translation (protein synthesis)?

Ribosome

100

How many nitrogen bases are in a single codon?

3

Ex: AGC  TAC   CAG = 3 codons, 3 nitrogen bases each, 9 Nitrogen bases total

200

the 3 parts of nucleotide of RNA?

Ribose, phosphate, 1 nitrogen base

200

During DNA replication, what would be the complementary strand to the original DNA segment of GCTAAT?

CGATTA

200

This process is the interpreting the RNA message into a polypeptide to make a protein. (mRNA--> polypeptide-->protein)

Translation

200

Messenger RNA carries a(n) EXACT COPY/TRANSCRIPT of the DNA's instructions out of the nucleus to the RIBOSOME/NUCLEUS.

transcript; ribosome

200

A five carbon sugar found as a component part of the nucleotides of RNA molecules

ribose

300

Which best describes the structure of the "backbone" (side rails) of a DNA molecule?

It is composed of a 5-carbon sugar and a phosphate group

300

When does DNA replication occur? (phase)

S phase of Interphase

300

Monomer of Proteins, held together by peptide bonds

Amino Acids

300

What is the site (location) for transcription?

Nucleus

300

RNA that makes up the structure of the ribosome

Ribosomal RNA

400

A nitrogen base that makes up a nucleotide of RNA.  The nitrogen base is found in RNA, NOT DNA___________.

Uracil

400

Explain the concept of semi-conservative replication of DNA.

Part of the "old" strand is conserved and used in the "new strand". 1 part new & 1 part old.

400

Unit of 3 nucleotides that is part of the genetic code and that specifies a particular amino acid in a protein.  Also called a triplet for mRNA

codon

400

During __________, the cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins.

Translation

400

Which RNA molecule binds and carries specific amino acids to the ribosome?

Transfer RNA

500

The genetic code of an organism is determined by ....

A. the number of amino acids in its cell.

B. the speed at which the polypeptides are produced

C. the sequence of nitrogen bases in it DNA

D. the shape of the ribosomes in its cell

C. the sequence of nitrogen bases in it DNA

500

The DNA codes for the production of messenger RNA (mRNA) during transcription. In eukaryotic cells, the mRNA is processed and migrates from the _________ to the _________. Messenger RNA carries coded information to the __________, where this information is translated and used for protein synthesis.

nucleus, cytoplasm, ribosome

500

A chain of amino acids, can bind to others and fold into a protein. The Polymer of Proteins.

Polypeptide

500

Identify the correct sequence of molecules, as a gene goes from coded information in the nucleus, to the product the cell wants to make.

A. DNA --> messenger RNA --> transfer RNA--> protein

B. DNA--> transfer RNA --> messenger RNA --> protein

C. DNA--> transfer RNA--> protein--> messenger RNA

D. protein--> messenger RNA--> transfer RNA--> DNA

A. DNA --> messenger RNA --> transfer RNA--> protein

500

Which type of RNA copies the instructions in DNA and carries them to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm?

Messenger RNA