DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100
The name for the way the DNA strands run opposite to one another (5`-3` & 3`-5`) in the double helix 

What is antiparallel?

100
The sugar that is found in RNA
What is Ribose?
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100
A mutation that does not change the sequence of amino acids and does not cause disease.
What is a silent mutation?
100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The 4 nitrogen bases of DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
200

The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: A T T C G

What is U A A G C 

200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200
The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.
What is a substitution?
200

The enzyme that "unzips" the DNA during replication 

What is helicase? 

300

Two processes that happen in the nucleus involving DNA

What are DNA Replication and Transcription?

300
The full names for the three different types of RNA
What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA?
300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300

A random change in the DNA that can be harmful, beneficial or neutral to the organism

What is a mutation?

300

The enzyme that matches up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication to build a new strand of DNA.

What is DNA polymerase?

400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400
The type of mutation that happens when a base is either deleted or inserted, causing a change in the reading of codons and amino acids.
What is a frameshift?
400

The enzyme that unzips DNA and adds complimentary bases to form a new strand of mRNA during transcription 

What is RNA polymerase? 

500
The reason why DNA replication happens.
What is to pass on genetic information to other cells during cell division?
500
Two differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.
What is DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded? What is RNA has RIbose and DNA has Deoxyribose? What is RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?
500
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500

The disease that results from the CFTR protein being nonfunctional. Often occuring from a deletion mutation

What is cystic fibrosis?

500

The name for the way DNA replicates, leaving each double helix with one new strand of DNA and one old strand. 

What are semi-conservative?