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DNA
Enzymes
Bases
Miscellaneous
Trivia
100
What kind of sugar is in DNA?
Deoxyribose
100
What is the enzyme that unzips the DNA?
Helicase
100
What pairs with adenine?
thymine
100
DNA replication results in two strands of DNA, each consisting of?
Each containing one new strand and one copy
100
What is the shape of DNA?
double helix
200
How many different kinds of bases are found in DNA?
Four
200
An enzyme is an example of what kind of macromolecule?
Protein
200
What holds base pairs together?
Hydrogen bonds
200
Nitrogen bases with one ring are called?
pyrimidines
200
What are the building blocks of DNA?
nucleotides
300
What makes up the "backbone" of DNA?
Sugar and Phosphate
300
As DNA "unzips", what is the area called where it unzips?
Replication fork
300
If a DNA strand is AACTGCTAT, what is the complementary DNA strand?
TTGACGATA
300
The process of making a DNA copy of a DNA molecule is called?
replication
300
Who contributed to the discovery of the shape of DNA using a technique called x-ray diffraction?
Rosalind Franklin
400
What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
Sugar, phosphate and nitrogen base
400
What does an enzyme do?
Lowers the activation energy need to start a chemical reaction
400
What does cytosine pair with?
Guanine
400
What are the building blocks of proteins?
amino acids
400
What are organisms that cells have a nucleus called?
eukaryotic
500
Who were the scientists that discovered the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
500
What is the enzyme that adds nucleotides to the exposed DNA template (it also proofreads the DNA copy)?
DNA polymerase
500
What are the two groups of nitrogen bases?
purines and pyrimidines
500
Who is the best Biology teacher you've ever had?
Duh! Coach Savoy!
500
Where is DNA located in eukaryotic cells?
The nucleus