DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Asexual/Sexual Reproduction
Cell Cycle
100
The 5 carbon sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
100
The sugar that is found in RNA
What is Ribose?
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100
Most prokaryotes use this method of reproduction.
What is asexual reproduction?
100
The cell and cell nucleus divide during this phase of the cell cycle.
What is M Phase?
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 C A G T
What is U A A G C G U C A
200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200
This type of reproduction with increase the level of genetic diversity through the mixing of genes.
What is a sexual reproduction?
200
The cell's DNA is replicated during this phase of the cell cycle.
What is S-phase?
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
This molecule acts as a blueprint for protein synthesis by storing the instructions on how to make proteins.
What is DNA?
300
An example of prokaryotic asexual reproduction.
What is binary fission?
300
Three things that affect the rate of the cell cycle.
What is age, cell type, carcinogen exposure, viruses, etc?
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
An example of eukaryotic asexual reproduction.
What is regeneration, budding, parthenogenesis, etc.
400
Stage of M-phase in which the cytoplasm divides?
What is cytokinesis?
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
What type of bond is made between two amino acids in the ribosome?
What is peptide bond?
500
Meiosis is a type of cell division in which the number of chromosomes is ___________, to create ___________ __________.
Reduced by half; haploid; gametes
500
Uncontrolled cell division.
What is cancer?