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DNA
RNA
Grab Bag
Making Proteins
Mutations
100
The shape of DNA.
What is a double-helix or twisted ladder?
100
The number of strands in an RNA molecule.
What is one.
100
What are the base pairing rules for DNA?
What is A - T and G - C
100
The location of protein synthesis.
What is the ribosome.
100
Changes in the type or order of a nucleotide sequence of a gene or DNA molecule.
What is a mutation?
200
Two scientists who made models to figure out DNA's shape.
Who are Watson and Crick?
200
The bases found in RNA
What are A, U, G & C
200
This is molecule is the only molecule used with the genetic code chart.
What is mRNA.
200
The first step of protein synthesis.
What is transcription (copying DNA into mRNA).
200
This causes a mutation.
What is a mutagen.
300
The building blocks of DNA.
What is a nucleotide.
300
The place where mRNA is assembled.
What is the nucleus.
300
Which scientist used x-ray crystallography to make images of DNA?
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
300
What is translation?
What is reading of the mRNA and assembling of amino acids.
300
These are the three types of mutations.
What is insertion, deletion & substitution.
400
The complementary strand of DNA for the following sequence of bases: CTTAGGCTTACCA
What is GAATCCGAATGGT?
400
The function of tRNA.
What is to carry amino acids to the ribosome.
400
The number of possible codes in the genetic code chart.
What is 64?
400
The role of proteins.
What is to help determine traits?
400
An example of a mutagen.
What is xrays, UV radiation, asbestos, cigarette smoke
500
When DNA copies itself
What is interphase.
500
The function of mRNA
What is to make a temporary copy of DNA.
500
This reduces the effects of errors in the genetic code.
What is redundancy.
500
The following DNA sequence codes for how many amino acids? TCAGCCACCGTATGGA
What is five.
500
These are the possible consequences of mutations.
What is an improved trait, no change, or a harmful trait.