Any __________ in the DNA is considered a mutation.
Change
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 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
Smoke, UV radiation (sunlight), atomic bombs, and chemicals are examples of what?
Mutagens
200
Scientific method question: To collaborate means to ______ information.
Share. Collaboration means to share information, work together, and ask others for help.
300
What is the process of copying DNA and making mRNA called?
Transcription
300
The full names for the two different types of RNA we talked about
What are messenger RNA (mRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA)
There is a third type called ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
300
Anticodons and attached amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300
Mutations are always bad. True or false.
False
300
Lab equipment question: To measure out 95 mL of liquid should you use a)50 mL graduated cylinder b)a 100 mL beaker c)a 100 mL graduated cylinder or d)a 100mL flask
c) a 100 mL graduated cylinder
400
The segment of a DNA molecule that codes for one protein in called?
Double Bonus: What is the entire set of these called that your parents passed down to you?
A gene.
Bonus: Your chromosomes.
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 mRNA codon is GCA. What is the amino acid coded for?
Double Bonus: Give another codon that codes for the same amino acid.
Alanine
Double Bonus: GCU, GCC, or GCG.
400
Transcription followed by translation is called ..... ?
Protein synthesis.
500
What is the base unit of a nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) called?
Double Bonus! How many of them are there in a human cell? (approximately)
A nucleotide.
3 billion!
500
Name the structure of RNA
A single strand
500
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500
The DNA strand has the codon TCA. What is the amino acid?
Serine.
Remember to translate DNA into RNA to get the amino acids!!!!
500
Methionine (Met), Lysine (Lys), Isoleucine (Ilo), and Histidine (His) are examples of what?
Double Bonus! Name one other example.